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Hreflang Manager vs Loco Translate

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

Hreflang Manager and Loco Translate are close on health (A · 86 vs B · 84). Hreflang Manager has the stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Hreflang Manager moved up one install band, 7K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Hreflang Manager	Loco Translate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K	1M–2M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	7K+ → 8K+ ✓	Stable
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	43/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	9	453 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	3.9K	307.7K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+0%	+61%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	9.9% ✓	2.6%
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

Hreflang ManagerLoco 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.