WCM User Language Switcher vs Multisite Language Switcher

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

WCM User Language Switcher

by Stephen Harris

Health D48

Multisite Language Switcher

by Dennis Ploetner

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

WCM User Language Switcher Multisite Language Switcher

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	WCM User Language Switcher	Multisite Language Switcher
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 48	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★	4.66★ ✓
Reviews	8	99 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.1y ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	169	7.8K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Multilingual

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

Release activity

WCM User Language Switcher Multisite Language Switcher

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.