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HTML Global lang Attribute vs Hreflang Manager

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

Hreflang Manager is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 45 for HTML Global lang Attribute, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

HTML Global lang Attribute moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; 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	HTML Global lang Attribute	Hreflang Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	200+ → 100+	7K+ → 8K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	1	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.0y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	233	3.9K ✓
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.	+9%	+7%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	9.9% ✓
Category	SEO	Multilingual

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

Release activity

HTML Global lang AttributeHreflang Manager

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.