MotaWord Translation vs Polylang

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

Health C59

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

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	MotaWord Translation	Polylang
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	900K–1M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+13% ✓
Overall health	C · 59	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	37/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	38/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	2	3,004 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	65/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.6y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	78	972.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	3.0% ✓
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

MotaWord TranslationPolylang

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.