qTranslate(-X) Separate Comments
by Nikola Nikolov · Uncategorized
Automatically separate the user comments by the language they viewed the article in.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈54 estimated
Momentum
+32%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comment languages”, “comments” and “qtranslate” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 7.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3420 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3420 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment languages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| qtranslate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| qtranslate x your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comment languages”, “comments” and “qtranslate” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 80 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.4y ago
latest release · v1.2.3 · 22 Jun 2017
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 44% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 223 days.
Install history since 22 Apr 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alesas12.7y ago
Thank you for the good work. Setup is easy with the given code!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ panospan12.8y ago
Multilingual sites are not used as often, so to create a plugin that it works well with multilingual capabilities often requires a fair amount of hacking-around or using WordPress in a way that it’s not common, so it’s hard to be compatible with everyone else out there. Nikola, the author of qTranslate Separate Comments plugin, is probably one of very few coders that can find solutions to multilingual problems in WordPress, smarter or not from others it doesn’t matter so much, because makes everything to look so easy and natural. And here comes the point where you think why wordpress has not from the beginning implemented such a multilanguage environment and if someone involved in the past with a multilingual site understands very well what I mean. QTranslate Separate Comments plugin is your solution to multilingual comments and Nikola – if you gonna need his help – will be far more supportive than you could ever possible imagine.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ helirexi13.3y ago
Thanks to Nicola for his support in all (many!) forums with qTranslate. And especial for this very useful plugin! I have installed qTranslate with 2 lang (Ru|En). My site setup default to (Ru) lang with an option for second (En) like ‘site.com/en/…’ Before this plugin when I press ‘Post comment’ from second non-default-lang (En) page I was switched to my default-lang (Ru) same page. After some search find this plugin, installed and happy 🙂 Tested with 2-lang commenting – all work as must in both lang. Funny was testing with mixed language comments (En+Ru) – page stay at same lang! This is not bug – this is feature! (Это не баг – Это фича!) Thanks again to Nicola!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hrantabe13.8y ago
The problem is – the plugin doesn’t redirect to the proper language and the language is set incorrectly. I have tried to solve this with the method in the FAQ, but it doesnt worked for me. Can you help me please – have you a facebook page ? I think the discussion about the problem will be more solveable in facebook. SORRY FOR BAD ENGLISH .
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cemilkocan13.8y ago
İts pulgins very easy install and very good!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,003 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "Comment languages", "qtranslate-x" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-24 40+ → 50+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2026-05-02 50+ → 40+ down after 78 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 60+ → 50+ down after 74 days in tier
- 2025-12-01 70+ → 60+ down after 209 days in tier
- 2025-05-06 80+ → 70+ down after 144 days in tier
- 2024-12-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-12 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-12-09 90+ → 80+ down after 1 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).
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Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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