SML – Simple Multilingual – Translation & Language Switcher
by Marc Gagnon · Multilingual
Allows running a fully multilingual WordPress website using a simple on page language switcher without duplication of content.
45 health vs 64 average across 191 Multilingual plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.13.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1533 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
25
now · peak 75
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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-16 20+ → 10+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2025-03-27 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-26 20+ → 10+ down after 199 days in tier
- 2024-09-08 10+ → 20+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2024-08-23 10+ → 20+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2024-08-13 20+ → 10+ down after 261 days in tier
- 2023-11-26 10+ → 20+ up after 21 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 4 shared tags A -
Polylang 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags B -
wpLingua – Automatic translation – Translate and make website multilingual 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A - W WPML Shortcodes 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags D
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GPTranslate – Multilingual AI Translation for WordPress: Automatically Translate Websites 500+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A - A AI Translate For Polylang 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B
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