Translation Detector
by Guillaume DIARD · Multilingual
Translation detector display a simple button to navigate to a post translation created with polylang.
44 health vs 69 average across 113 Multilingual plugins
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3749 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
17
now · peak 63
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-22 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-04-12 20+ → 30+ up after 72 days in band
- 2026-01-30 30+ → 20+ down after 30 days in band
- 2025-12-31 20+ → 30+ up after 70 days in band
- 2025-10-22 30+ → 20+ down after 68 days in band
- 2025-08-15 20+ → 30+ up after 91 days in band
- 2025-05-16 30+ → 20+ down after 20 days in band
- 2025-04-26 20+ → 30+ up after 34 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Polylang 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Theme and plugin translation for Polylang (TTfP) 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Multilingual Contact Form 7 with Polylang 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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