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Performant Translations vs Preferred Languages

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

Preferred Languages and Performant Translations are close on health (A · 89 vs A · 88), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Active-install trajectory

Performant Translations moved down one install band, 40K+ to 30K+; Preferred Languages moved up one install band, 2K+ to 3K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Performant Translations	Preferred Languages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30K–40K ✓	3K–4K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25%	2K+ → 3K+ ✓
Overall health	A · 88	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	16	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	3mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	4.5K ✓	1.5K
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.	-29%	+16%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	13% ✓	2.6%
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

Performant TranslationsPreferred Languages

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.