Loco Translate vs WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X

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

Loco Translate

by Tim W

Health A93

WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X

by John Clause

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Loco Translate WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X

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	Loco Translate	WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1M–2M ✓	7K–8K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	A · 93 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	64/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	79/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.78★ ✓	3.56★
Reviews	452 ✓	11
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100 ✓	39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	24d ago ✓	8.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	723.8K ✓	361
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

Loco Translate WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X

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.