IP Language Switcher
by henryme · Uncategorized
Language is no longer a barrier for developer
46 health vs 57 average across 9,150 Uncategorized plugins
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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3343 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 58
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-03-03 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
- 2023-02-25 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Multilang – Translation and Multilingual Plugin 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Theme and plugin translation for Polylang (TTfP) 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C -
WPGlobus 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Ray Enterprise Translation 8K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
SrbTransLatin – Serbian Latinisation 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
Sublanguage 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
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