83
Translation becomes a manual marathon without the Pro upgrade.
HealthyGrowing
83/100
This plugin provides a solid multilingual foundation. You will need to translate everything manually without Pro.
Active installs
~850,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 800k+
Rating
4.7★
2,954 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+5%
Growing
5,676 → 5,969 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
Growing · +5% in the last year
5,676/day a year ago→5,969/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPolylang is a well-regarded multilingual plugin for WordPress that users find reliable and integrative, though it requires fully manual translation of content with no automation, which frustrates users expecting more out-of-the-box assistance.
What people like
- +Considered essential and effective for building multilingual websites×5
- +Integrates well with other plugins×2
Common complaints
- −All translation is entirely manual — users must copy and translate every page themselves with no automation
- −WooCommerce addon integration can be complex and difficult to configure
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.44★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 21%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-11-062026-03-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 2,954 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-24★★★★★Great pluginHolger Wassenhoven
- 2026-05-23★★★★★Absolument usefulVicente
- 2026-05-21★★★★★Do the job for me.yovatechdesign
- 2026-05-21★★★★★Absolutely pointless and uselessthy80
- 2026-05-20★★★★★I like itgummisko
- 2026-05-15★★★★★A true standardkarasunouta
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Review From Dt.Nitin PawarDr.Nitin Pawar
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Excelente plugin, el mejor!mausmx
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Great Pluginmodvancy1-shot
- 2026-05-11★★★★★Thanksjustdoitolejkakova2107
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Polylang
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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.
6,801
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
4,894
Prior 7-day baseline
5,298
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
92,899
Mean release-day peak (30d)
6,801
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+39.0%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.33
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
21%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+400%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.46 → 4.44★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered