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Language switcher popup for WPML – stores selected language in a cookie – SEO friendly

by michaelneuhauser · Uncategorized

This plugin is an add-on for WPML (WordPress Multilingual Plugin). It detects the browser language of your user and shows a popup if his browser langu …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 58 average across 8,339 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.

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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 9/100
WP compatibility 41/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1435 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-35% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

35

now · peak 138

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

Language switcher po · #17619 Popup Builder & Popu · #55 Compliance by Hu-man · #73 Popup Maker · #90

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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
80–90 ≈87

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
3.9y ago
Added
2022-08-12 · 3 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.3
Tested up to
6.0.12
Requires PHP
7.0

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-25 90+ → 80+ down after 12 days in band
  2. 2026-04-13 80+ → 90+ up after 15 days in band
  3. 2026-03-29 90+ → 80+ down after 9 days in band
  4. 2026-03-20 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2026-03-19 90+ → 80+ down after 96 days in band
  6. 2025-12-13 100+ → 90+ down after 43 days in band
  7. 2025-10-31 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
  8. 2025-10-29 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band

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Language switcher popup for WPML – stores selected language in a cookie – SEO friendly: 80+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/language-switcher-popup