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Simple Language Switcher

by matthewbe · Multilingual

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A simple and lightweight plugin that displays a customizable language switcher.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 65 average across 286 Multilingual plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

22.2K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+19%

107

Downloads · 30d

category median +23%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.

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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4743 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+19% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

107

now · peak 3.3K

10730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Simple Language Swit · #13269 you Multisite Language S · #3675 Sublanguage · #8068 Per Post Language · #11756

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

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

Install history · since 2016-11-19 · 1,388 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
13.0y ago
Added
2013-05-31 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
3.5.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ itgirl
    11.4y ago

    This is a very good plugin, simple and effective. I use it in a WP network wich is a Hotel’s site. I suggest it to anyone who has to build or manage tourism related sites. Thank you for your work.

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  2. ★★★★★ rumio
    12.7y ago

    It’s an excellent plugin. It does what it says. It does take some time to understand. Configure instructions on plugin website are also excellent.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-17 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-16 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-11 200+ → 100+ down after 16 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-26 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-25 200+ → 100+ down after 620 days in tier
  6. 2024-09-12 300+ → 200+ down after 528 days in tier
  7. 2023-04-03 400+ → 300+ down

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