WP Multilang vs Polylang

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

WP Multilang

by Magazine3

Health A86

Polylang

by Chouby

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

WP Multilang Polylang

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	WP Multilang	Polylang
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	800K–900K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	B · 77
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	18/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.23★	4.71★ ✓
Reviews	100	2,981 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	84/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	18d ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	6.0K	457.5K ✓
Category	Multilingual	Multilingual

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

Release activity

WP Multilang Polylang

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.