Force Update Translations vs Loco Translate

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

Force Update Translations

by Mayo Moriyama

Health B77

Loco Translate

by Tim W

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Force Update Translations 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	Force Update Translations	Loco Translate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 77	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	79/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★	4.78★ ✓
Reviews	10	452 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	65/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	24d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	246	723.8K ✓
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

Force Update Translations 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.