nLingual
by Doug Wollison · Multilingual
A simple but flexible multilingual system. Features custom language management, post data synchronization and theme/plugin development utilities.
57 health vs 65 average across 167 Multilingual 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 617 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 227
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
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-03 20+ → 30+ up after 35 days in band
- 2026-04-29 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-04-21 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-04-13 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-04-05 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-02 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-01 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-31 30+ → 20+ down after 18 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- B Basic Bilingual 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags D
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Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Polylang 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B - W WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X 7K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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wpLingua – Automatic translation – Translate and make website multilingual 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
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