SuperPWA Premium

How the WordPress website opens as a PWA

SuperPWA Premium generates a web app manifest and includes it to the site. On supported mobile browsers, users can install the site from an “Add To Home Screen” prompt or the browser menu, then reopen it from their device’s home screen in an app-like interface.

App presentation and offline behavior

Settings let you pick the application icon, splash screen background color, and display property. The add-on also supports maskable and monochrome icons, and WordPress installations in a sub-folder.

Pages a visitor has opened can be stored on their device using the CacheStorage API. Those cached pages can be read offline. If the visitor requests a page that is not cached while offline, the configured offline page appears. Offline access therefore depends on which pages have been cached.

Options listed for the PRO version

The listed PRO capabilities are Call To Action, Android APK App Generator, Data Analytics, Pre-Loader, App Shortcuts, and QR Code Generator.

Requirements and setup

The website must use HTTPS, and the browser must support web app manifests and service workers. The listed major browsers include Google Chrome, Chrome for Android, Mozilla Firefox, and Firefox for Android.

In WordPress Admin, open Plugins > Add New, search for “Super Progressive Web Apps,” choose Install Now, then choose Activate. To install manually, upload the super-progressive-web-apps folder to /wp-content/extensions/ and activate it from the Plugins screen.

After activation, configure the PWA options, add an application icon, choose a splash screen background color and display property, then save. Visit the site from a supported mobile device to install it from the prompt or browser menu. Previously visited, cached pages can then be opened offline. The extension’s clean uninstall removes the database entries and documents it makes.