Native Gettext for WordPress
by colinleroy · Performance
A very light wrapper plugin that uses the native gettext library for faster localization.
85 health vs 76 average across 303 Performance plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
43
now · peak 315
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 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-25 30+ → 10+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-15 40+ → 30+ down after 218 days in band
- 2025-11-09 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-07 40+ → 50+ up after 21 days in band
- 2025-10-17 50+ → 40+ down after 58 days in band
- 2025-08-20 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-08-16 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-08-11 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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