WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X
by John Clause · Multilingual
Also makes 1 other plugin · 7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Enables multilingual framework for plugin "WPBakery Visual Composer".
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Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
7K+
≈7.6K estimated
Momentum
+38%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “bilingual”, “i18n” and “l10n” 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.
41 health vs 67 average across 501 Multilingual plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.6%
of downloads still active
At least 7K of 151.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Multilingual plugin keeps 0.8%, across 282 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.
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 4.1.42, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3262 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 7.1
3.2★ over 11 reviews, weighted for review count to 3.9★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bilingual your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| i18n your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| l10n your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| language your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multilingual 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
- “bilingual”, “i18n” and “l10n” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 501 · 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
11.5y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 21 Apr 2015
1
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 “7K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jecat019.9y ago
works perfectly with WP 4.6.1, Visual Composer 5.0 and qTranslate-X 3.4.6.8
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Fabio Moraes10.3y ago
simply does not work with the current versions of wordpress and plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sbroomhead10.4y ago
Support was still hard to get to, and the update was a bit complicated
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ducem10.5y ago
Не работает. Совсем!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ johnravrasta10.5y ago
unfortunately it works partially, for example categories descriptions are displayed like this [:en]description[:el]perigrafi sta ellinika while trying to create a visual composer grid in grid builder is also impossible since english and greek shortcodes are mixed completely. I can use only predifined and existing grids for my homepage and inside posts.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anjoss10.6y ago
Deveria cotar dentro do valor para $REAL$ do Brasil.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daygum7810.8y ago
Fantastici e molto disponibili!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ arvindrathour11.1y ago
Not worked with WPBakery Visual Composer in Be-Theme wordpress. Please help me to made compatible with Be-Theme. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. 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 "Enables multilingual framework for plugin "WPBakery Visual Composer"."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 294 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("bilingual", "i18n", "l10n", "language" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-19 8K+ → 7K+ down after 168 days in tier
- 2026-01-02 9K+ → 8K+ down after 213 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 10K+ → 9K+ down after 973 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 20K+ → 10K+ down after 413 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1256 days in tier
- 2018-03-10 20K+ → 30K+ up after 428 days in tier
- 2017-01-06 20+ → 20K+ 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★ · 4 shared tags B -
AF Translate – AI Translation Editor, PO Editor & POT Generator for WordPress 700+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - X xLanguage 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
- M Multilingual Text 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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nLingual 30+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D - B Basic Bilingual 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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