# Faster Pageload

> Load webpages faster by preloading subsequent pages via the instant.page script and lazy loading images. Install the plugin and you will feel how your browser becomes faster.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/faster-pageload](https://chrome-stats.com/d/faster-pageload)

## Overview

- **ID:** `faster-pageload`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Simon Frey
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1,648
- **Weekly downloads:** 50
- **Rating:** 4.57 / 5 (58 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8.5
- **Last updated:** 2021-01-17
- **First published:** 2019-09-10
- **Size:** 1.21 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/faster-pageload/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/simonfrey/faster-pageload-web-extensions](https://github.com/simonfrey/faster-pageload-web-extensions)

## Description

Faster Pageload is a Chrome extension designed to accelerate your web browsing experience. It preloads pages you are likely to visit based on your link hover behavior, starting the load process before you even click. This just-in-time preloading means that when you click a link, the page often appears instantly, reducing perceived waiting time.

Additionally, the extension implements lazy loading of images, ensuring that only images within your viewport load immediately, which helps speed up overall page load times and reduces unnecessary data usage. Together, these features make browsing faster and more fluent without altering the normal loading process.

Credits go to Freepik for the Addon Icon, and Alexandre Dieulot for the instant.page script licensed under MIT. Install Faster Pageload to feel the magic of a quicker, more responsive browser.

## Rankings

- #2,449 — Overall
- #15 — fast vpn
- #19 — waste
- #54 — license
- #54 — web page
- #68 — loading

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension support email may not be valid

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## Review summary

User reviews largely praise Faster Pageload for delivering noticeable speed improvements and smoother performance, especially with many tabs and on slow-loading sites. However, several reviews criticize the need to modify about:config and express privacy concerns related to prefetching. A subset notes inconsistent results, with some users not detecting benefits at all. Overall, the add-on is seen as performance-boosting by many, but configurability and privacy trade-offs are a recurring concern.

### Pros

- Noticeably speeds up browsing and page loads across multiple sites.
- Works well under heavy tab usage (handles many tabs with smoother performance).
- Receives broadly positive feedback and praise for performance gains.
- Reported improvements on slow-loading pages (e.g., liquipedia.net).

### Cons

- Requires manual changes to about:config to enable or configure the extension; not user-friendly.
- Raises privacy concerns due to DNS prefetching and other network tweaks.
- Inconsistent effectiveness; some users report little or no noticeable improvement.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/faster-pageload)