WP_Multilingual
by Oleg Butuzov · Multilingual
WP_Multilingual is extension that brings WordPress multilingual support. With it's help you can publish more that in one language at a time.
41 health vs 70 average across 107 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.5.1, 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 6476 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
47
now · peak 98
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 “100+”. 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
- 2026-01-14 90+ → 100+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-01-07 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-05 70+ → 80+ up after 32 days in band
- 2025-12-04 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-11-27 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-25 40+ → 50+ up after 26 days in band
- 2025-10-30 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-28 40+ → 30+ down after 1 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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Smartcat Translator for WPML 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 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 -
Bogo 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
WPGlobus 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Multisite Language Switcher 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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