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Loco Translate
The essential translation tool with a habit of eating unsaved work.
Healthy
86/100
Users love the simple interface but fear losing work during session timeouts.
Active installs
~1.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 1.0M+
Rating
4.8★
449 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+1%
Holding steady
7,606 → 7,697 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · +1% in the last year
7,606/day a year ago→7,697/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLoco Translate is a well-regarded, free translation plugin for WordPress that users find easy to set up and use, though a notable flaw causes unsaved work to be lost when a session expires mid-translation.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use for translating themes and plugins×4
- +Free and considered a viable alternative to paid translation plugins×2
- +Reported as reliable over long-term use×2
- +AI translation feature (Loco AI) seen as a helpful addition
Common complaints
- −Strict nonce security check causes all unsaved translation work to be lost if the session expires or the user is logged out mid-session, with no way to recover or export the work before refreshing
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.60★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 449 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-08★★★★★Easy Translation HelpKeegan
- 2026-03-31★★★★★Easy Translation Tooljaysonhodges
- 2026-03-06★★★★★Easy Translation ToolCamryn
- 2026-02-08★★★★★didn't even blinkmechanicus
- 2026-02-03★★★★★Simply awesomeStachethemes
- 2026-01-15★★★★★Easy and Usefulsairasage
- 2025-10-02★★★★★Very good plugin, butNicolas Reznikoff
- 2025-09-10★★★★★Excellent plugin and supportChristian Wach
- 2025-08-07★★★★★Greatjaeffekt
- 2025-07-08★★★★★Very useful plugin and great supportUmberto
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Loco Translate
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
7,913
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
5,882
Prior 7-day baseline
5,546
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
130,252
Mean release-day peak (30d)
31,804
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+34.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.80
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+20%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.62 → 4.60★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered