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

Health D46

Health A99

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Simple Slug Translate	Translate WordPress with GTranslate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	900K–1M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 46	A · 99 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	4	4,962 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.7y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	336	423.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.9%	5.6% ✓
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

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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.