Best gettext plugins for WordPress
The most popular gettext plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Yearly Archive leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Gettext override translations (2K+) and Override String Translations (1K+). All 12 plugins tagged “gettext” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 gettext plugins
- 1.
Simple Yearly ArchiveThe most installed gettext plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 30 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.
Gettext override translations2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 3.
Override String Translations1K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Text Replace300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Speed Up70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
SimplePoTranslate20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
Native Gettext for WordPress20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 8.
YUZ-TRAFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
Style GenreFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
RM24 Text ReplacerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
All 12 plugins tagged “gettext”
Simple Yearly Archive
#2,801by wpseek5 days ago
Simple Yearly Archive is a rather neat and simple Wordpress plugin that allows you to display your archives in a year-based list.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.7(30)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Gettext override translations
#4,710by ramon fincken2 years ago
GUI in backend to override texts and translations without any programming knowledge.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Override String Translations
Down in the last 7 days:34#6,258by Vincenzo1 month ago
Replace any text on your site, like button labels or WooCommerce messages, with your own words. No code, no translation files.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Text Replace
Up in the last 7 days:31#10,056by SH Sajal Chowdhury1 month ago
Find and replace any WordPress text without coding. Change WooCommerce buttons, form labels, and theme text. Update-safe and cached.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Speed Up
Down in the last 7 days:245#18,441by Simone Nigro3 months ago
The translations reduces speed of Wordpress. This plugin offers a caching solution that reduces this effects on performance.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day
SimplePoTranslate
Down in the last 7 days:495#26,032by SimplePoTranslate4 months ago
AI-translate WordPress themes and plugins into 39 languages from your dashboard — keeps placeholders, HTML tags and plural forms intact.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Native Gettext for WordPress
#27,486by colinleroy5 months ago
A very light wrapper plugin that uses the native gettext library for faster localization.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YUZ-TRA
Up in the last 7 days:15,403#55,026by youzurz10 days ago
Visual translation workspace and Gettext catalog for WordPress, plugins and themes, with review, publication and approved translation memory.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Style Genre
Up in the last 7 days:2,902#55,297by janiko23 days ago
Customize translated text in WordPress, plugins and themes without modifying translation files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RM24 Text Replacer
Up in the last 7 days:15,774#56,063by RM24 | Roger Roth6 days ago
Replace texts, terms and default labels of WordPress, WooCommerce and other plugins on the fly – without editing language files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
EWA AI String Assistant for Loco Translate
#71,790by errorwebagency1 month ago
AI-assisted translations for Loco Translate via WordPress AI Client, OpenRouter, Ollama, and custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day