GlotPress
by The GlotPress Community · Multilingual
GlotPress is a WordPress plugin to let you set up your own collaborative, web-based software translation tool.
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Health
A 87/100
no flags
Active installs
500+
≈590 estimated
Momentum
-7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “gettext” and “collaborative” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7 and #11 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed these are the slots worth spending.
87 health vs 67 average across 495 Multilingual plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 46.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Multilingual plugin keeps 0.8%, across 280 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Multilingual plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 76 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
38
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| glotpress | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| glotpress plugin | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| gettext | #7 | #8 | 0 |
| collaborative | #11 | #10 | down 2 |
| translation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “gettext” and “collaborative” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7 and #11 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v4.1.0 · 17 Aug 2026
40
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago and the previous band took 6.2 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 600.
Install history since 31 Jan 2016
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 134 languages, 31 at 90% or more
Plus 110 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "GlotPress is a WordPress plugin to let you set up your own collaborative, web-based software translation tool."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Slack.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,228 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-28 600+ → 500+ down after 2246 days in tier
- 2019-12-05 500+ → 600+ up after 369 days in tier
- 2018-12-01 400+ → 500+ up after 275 days in tier
- 2018-03-01 300+ → 400+ up after 304 days in tier
- 2017-05-01 200+ → 300+ up after 297 days in tier
- 2016-07-08 50+ → 200+ up
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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Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Polylang 900K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Cyr-To-Lat 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
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