WordPress plugin comparison

Basic Bilingual vs Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang

Basic Bilingual

by Steph

10+ installs

Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang

by Satinder Singh

300+ installs

At a glance

Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang has more active installs: 300+, against 10+ for Basic Bilingual.
On a typical day, Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang is downloaded about 8 times, Basic Bilingual about 3.
Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang was updated more recently: Sep 1, 2026, against May 18, 2018 for Basic Bilingual.
Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Basic Bilingual.
Basic Bilingual has been around longer: since 2005, against 2025 for Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang.

Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Basic Bilingual	Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang
Popular rank	#30,637	#10,652
Active installs	10+	300+
Downloads, last 30 days	47	216
Rating	No ratings	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.9.35	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.36
Last release	8 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.2

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