String Replacer vs Loco Translate

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

Health B71

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

String Replacer moved up one install band, 100+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	String Replacer	Loco Translate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 71	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	67/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	43/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	2	453 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	171	369.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	12% ✓	2.6%
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

String ReplacerLoco Translate

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.