Admin in English
by Nikolay Bachiyski · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 1.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Admin in English lets you have your administration panel in English, even if the rest of your blog is translated into another language.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “i18n” and “localization” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 42.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,190 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2016-01-29Most reviewers say it does exactly what it promises and does it fast, though a few hit edges where it forces English onto front-end registration pages and WooCommerce order emails, and one who asked for help on the forum got no reply.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3260 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.6.1; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 30 reviews, smoothed to 4.36★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3260 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| i18n your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| localization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| translation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| translations your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “i18n” and “localization” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 225 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.1y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 12 Sep 2013
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 2 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vietnamsales10.8y ago
I was messing aro8und with .po .mo files and such, for a website in Vietnamese but back-end in English. This plugin saved my day in 20s!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ skyhrg11.4y ago
Everything works as planned except for one thing: When you click on “register for site” for your site and you are taken to the form where you fill in your details, this page is viewed by the client and needs to be in non-English. But when “Admin in English” is activated, this page is in English. I have to deactivate it so that the website visitors can view it in their native language.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ awakeat511.5y ago
Does not seem to work with all aspects of multilingual sites, but no response to request for information on support forum.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Marc Wiest11.6y ago
Works perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Startwebsiting12.0y ago
Great plugin, it works like a charm! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Yiannis Christodoulou12.0y ago
Very nice idea. It what was I needed! Thank you 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sahand11_m2712.0y ago
Great, simple and fully functional
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ramsaiegh12.1y ago
My site is in Hebrew while I prefer to manage it in English. The plugin works well!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Admin in English lets you have your administration panel in English, even if the rest of your blog is trans..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 153 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("i18n", "localization", "translation", "translations" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-08-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 38 days in tier
- 2023-07-02 3K+ → 2K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2023-06-25 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-06-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 56 days in tier
- 2023-04-28 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-04-25 3K+ → 4K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-04-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 634 days in tier
- 2021-07-22 3K+ → 2K+ down after 399 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Performant Translations 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Preferred Languages 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Polylang 900K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Multilang – Translation and Multilingual Plugin 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bogo 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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