Polylang vs GPTranslate

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

Health B82

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Polylang moved up one install band, 800K+ to 900K+; GPTranslate moved up one install band, 400+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Polylang	GPTranslate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900K–1M ✓	500–600
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+13%	+25% ✓
Overall health	B · 82	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100	94/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	37/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	3,004 ✓	34
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	13d ago ✓	18d ago
Downloads · 30d	969.2K ✓	3.1K
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.0% ✓	1.8%
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

PolylangGPTranslate

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.