Text Domain Inspector vs Gettext override translations

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

Text Domain Inspector

by laugei

Health D51

Gettext override translations

by ramon fincken

Health C55

Active-install trajectory

Text Domain Inspector Gettext override translations

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Text Domain Inspector	Gettext override translations
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 51	C · 55 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	21/100	21/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.92★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	4	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	63/100	64/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.2y ago ✓	2.3y ago
Downloads · 30d	97	182 ✓
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

Text Domain Inspector Gettext override 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.