Best alternate plugins for WordPress
The most popular alternate plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Juiz Lang Attribute leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Hreflang for polylang (100+) and SEV Simple hreflang (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “alternate” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 alternate plugins
- 1.
Juiz Lang AttributeThe most installed alternate plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Hreflang for polylang100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
SEV Simple hreflangFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “alternate”
Juiz Lang Attribute
Down in the last 7 days:37#5,266by Geoffrey1 year ago
Add a custom HREFLANG meta box on your post to manually edit the link between your post and a translation (which could be outside your domain).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 2.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hreflang for polylang
Down in the last 7 days:114#15,826by Marco Giannini9 years ago
Auto print in header the link alternate hreflang of all the language in the website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SEV Simple hreflang
Up in the last 7 days:3,245#69,923by Heinrich Franz1 month ago
Adds hreflang alternates for pages, posts, and categories and outputs them correctly in the page head — including a self-referencing link.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day