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SimplePoTranslate vs Performant Translations

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

Performant Translations is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 81 for SimplePoTranslate, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

SimplePoTranslate moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+; Performant Translations moved down one install band, 40K+ to 30K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	SimplePoTranslate	Performant Translations
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	30K–40K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+100% ✓	-25%
Overall health	B · 81	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	95/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	1	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	94	4.5K ✓
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.	-4%	-29%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.8%	13% ✓
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

SimplePoTranslatePerformant Translations

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.