Theme Blvd WPML Bridge vs Polylang

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

Health D45

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

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

Metric	Theme Blvd WPML Bridge	Polylang
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	900K–1M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+13% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	38/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	2	3,004 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	12.6y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	110	972.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	3.0% ✓
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

Theme Blvd WPML BridgePolylang

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.