Language Fallback vs Polylang

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

Health A89

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Language Fallback moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+; Polylang moved up one install band, 800K+ to 900K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Language Fallback	Polylang
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	900K–1M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	+13% ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 82
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	37/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.51★	4.71★ ✓
Reviews	23	3,004 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	736	963.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	8.5% ✓	3.0%
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

Language FallbackPolylang

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.