essential vs Loco Translate

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

essential

by bizsuppo

Health D45

Loco Translate

by Tim W

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

essential Loco Translate

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	essential	Loco Translate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	44/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.78★ ✓
Reviews	1	452 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.8y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	25	228.3K ✓
Category	Media	Multilingual

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

essential Loco Translate

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.