Flag Icons
by Vasilis Triantafyllou · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 3.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Flags Icons Language Switcher.
50 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1602 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 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
221
now · peak 407
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,439 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sujonworld7.4y ago
This switcher is really very good. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dako777.8y ago
Everything what I need i found in this plugin 🙂 Its easy to use 🙂 It could be beter with possibility to edit how much pixels it is from top, left,right,.. Now I use CSS editor for it :/ This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by dako77.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gabry017.8y ago
Hi, very good plugin thanks. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by gabry01.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ George Stavropoulos8.3y ago
Very good plugin guys. Thanks. Maybe i found a little bug. When I put the flags in numerical order they displayed, from the largest number to the smallest. I put this snippet in a file «result.php» and it works like a charm 😊 $reverse=array_reverse($options_order); $preserve=array_reverse($options_order,true); arsort($preserve); Cheers. This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by George Stavropoulos. This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by George Stavropoulos.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ portugal20188.3y ago
Flag Icons is the perfect solution when you don’t want to use one of the big language packages. Easy functionality. Set a few settings, add the link to the page a flag should direct to and ready. Support is great. Runs good on WordPress 4.9.6.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Wazba_cz8.6y ago
Thx
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mavenix8.7y ago
Very good plugin. It is a simple solution for language multisite.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ angela69ko9.8y ago
very easy
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- 2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31575 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 385 days in tier
- 2025-04-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-23 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-21 5K+ → 4K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-04-15 4K+ → 5K+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-04-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-03-30 5K+ → 4K+ down after 41 days in tier
Competes with
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- S Simple Language Switcher 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/language-icons-flags-switcher" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Flag Icons — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Flag Icons: 3K+ active installs, 4.9★ (20 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/language-icons-flags-switcher