Performant Translations

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1. ★★★★★ Ahmad Zia Zahedi

   9mo ago

   Very helpful! Easy to access and accurate.

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2. ★★★★★ Abdullah Aldeghaim

   11mo ago

   Works great. Assisted with the issues, and it’s easy to use.

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3. ★★★★★ magneetjeswinkel

   2.4y ago

   What this plugin does is amazing! There were some issues that made my website slow. The website achieved a mobile page speed of 52. Blocked display for more than 10 seconds. I don’t have the technical knowledge to fix this in the code. This would have cost me around $600. I found this plugin and all errors were removed from the website with one click. I am incredibly happy with the result. And that with a free plugin! I knew it should be possible. Because I am so happy, I take the paid subscription! Thank you very much!

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4. ★★★★★ Jeroen Rotty

   2.6y ago

   Browsing the dashboard feels instant snappier, even if your hosting is already fast and performant – it still makes a difference!

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5. ★★★★★ Benedikt Ledl

   2.6y ago

   I’ve got a multi language site (with WPML) that has a huge performance problem. I was not able to figure out what is actually causing the performance problem, the main problem probably has nothing to do with i18n, this plugin still helps cause it significantely speeds up the translations, leaving the only bottleneck to be the unknown problem. Many thanks for your efforts!

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6. ★★★★★ juregolob

   2.8y ago

   I tried this plugin on a couple of websites and I believe it makes my admin user experience a bit faster. Cached front end is fast as ever. It works great with Polylang, WooCommerce and Loco Translate. I like where this is going and I hope it gets implemented into the WP Core soon. Update:Duplicator (Pro) throws a runtime error when trying to make a backup while this plugin is activated. Temporarily disabling it solves the issue. This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by juregolob. This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by juregolob.

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7. ★★★★★ Kodo

   2.8y ago

   This problem has been around for a long time and I’ve used various plugins. I hope it will be added to the core soon!

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8. ★★★★★ Servemark

   3.0y ago

   Use it on a client site and we maintained under 1 second load times, which is on par with our other sites. Deserves 5 stars hands down.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.2.0 This plugin now requires WordPress 6.5 1.2.0
2. — Version 1.1.2 Fixed a minor regression when assembling file paths to look up. 1.1.2
3. — Version 1.1.1 Fixed: Addressed a slight performance regression in 1.1.0. Fixed: Addressed an issue with incorrect plural forms for certain locales. 1.1.1
4. — Version 1.1.0 Enhancement: Support for this functionality existing in WordPress 6.5. Enhancement: Added hardening for file paths not being strings because of a faulty plugin filter. Enhancement: Invalidate OPcache after writing PHP fi 1.1.0
5. — Version 1.0.9 Enhancement: Improved compatibility with WPML string translation add-on. 1.0.9
6. — Version 1.0.8 Fixed: Added workaround for potential file permission issues. 1.0.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2

Translated into 33 languages, 30 at 90% or more

Plus 9 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-01 50K+ → 40K+ down after 14 days in tier
2. 2025-10-18 40K+ → 50K+ up after 177 days in tier
3. 2025-04-24 30K+ → 40K+ up after 144 days in tier
4. 2024-12-01 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-11-30 30K+ → 20K+ down after 3 days in tier
6. 2024-11-27 20K+ → 30K+ up after 137 days in tier
7. 2024-07-13 10K+ → 20K+ up after 96 days in tier
8. 2024-04-08 9K+ → 10K+ up after 19 days in tier

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).

• Preferred Languages 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A
• A Admin in English 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
• Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Polylang 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP Multilang – Translation and Multilingual Plugin 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Language Fallback 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B

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Performant Translations: 40K+ active installs, 4.9★ (16 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/performant-translations