Best internationalization plugins for WordPress
The most popular internationalization plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Performant Translations leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Hreflang Manager (8K+) and Preferred Languages (3K+). All 23 plugins tagged “internationalization” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 internationalization plugins
- 1.Performant Translations
The most installed internationalization plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Hreflang Manager
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 9 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.Preferred Languages
3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Language Switcher1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
HREFLANG Tags Management By Webnow500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.Transliterado
300+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.5.
- 7.
Translation Tools100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
Supertext Translation and Proofreading60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 9.Custom GlotPress Source
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Intl DateTime Calendar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 23 plugins tagged “internationalization”
Performant Translations
Down in the last 7 days:1#924by Pascal Birchler2 months ago
Making internationalization/localization in WordPress faster than ever before.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 162/day
Hreflang Manager
#2,365by DAEXT12 days ago
The Hreflang Manager plugin provides you an easy and reliable method to implement hreflang in WordPress.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(9)
- Downloads
- 141/day
Preferred Languages
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,922by Pascal Birchler2 months ago
Choose languages for displaying WordPress in, in order of preference.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 48/day

Language Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:19#6,863by rafasashi1 year ago
Add a Language Switcher to Menus, Post Types and Taxonomies.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(7)
- Downloads
- 33/day

HREFLANG Tags Management By Webnow
Down in the last 7 days:93#8,648by Webnow2 months ago
HREFLANG Tags Management helps you manage hreflang tags for multilingual and multi-regional websites easily from your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Transliterado
Up in the last 7 days:51#9,982by bertilow16 years ago
This plugin gives better transliteration of non-ASCII characters in slugs.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Translation Tools
Down in the last 7 days:46#14,769by Pedro Mendonça1 year ago
Translation tools for your WordPress install.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Supertext Translation and Proofreading
Down in the last 7 days:742#19,349by Supertext1 year ago
This plugin allows you to order human translations for your pages and posts using Supertexts professional translation services.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom GlotPress Source
#33,929by Bastien Ho1 month ago
Allows to manage translations from a custom GlotPress install.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Intl DateTime Calendar
#34,662by Theerawat Patthawee2 months ago
Show dates in Buddhist, Hijri, Hebrew, Persian and other calendars, with the digits and wording your readers expect. Your database never changes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smartling Connector
#37,329by Smartling3 days ago
Translate content in WordPress quickly and seamlessly with Smartling, the industry-leading Translation Management System.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 36/day
My Review
Up in the last 7 days:6,210#38,395my-review18 years ago
My Review plugin helps you format your post as a review.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YD Setup Locale
#40,776by Yann at WP&Co17 years ago
Automatically sets up the WP language environment based on first part of url. Will setup XML lang attribute + $locale variable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Translation Stats
Down in the last 7 days:14,421#43,702by Pedro Mendonça3 days ago
Show plugins and themes translation stats on your WordPress install.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 13/day

MotaWord Translation
Down in the last 7 days:5,048#44,637by motaword1 year ago
MotaWord translates and localizes your WordPress site into 95+ languages fast and economically using professional translators.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Flag Me
Down in the last 7 days:1,000#46,834by Fahien11 years ago
Flag Me enables you to add a country flag before the title of your posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Transifex WP Translation
Down in the last 7 days:2,239#47,971by Ayebare Mucunguzi Brooks11 years ago
Translate WordPress sites directly on the page using Transifex Live localization tools.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quick Multilingual
#48,318by Pieter Bos1 month ago
Quick Multilingual allows you to create multilingual brochure sites on WordPress with automatic language attributes and hreflang tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Translator with Baidu Service
Down in the last 7 days:9,824#48,415by gongwan339 years ago
Translate your site in many languages with this plugin from JoyBin, Inc. The translating service provider is Baidu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SiteLang
#52,304by sitelang18 days ago
Translate content locally with language URLs, manual editing, switchers, SEO tools, and WooCommerce support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Howdy World
Up in the last 7 days:14,137#56,600by Topher5 months ago
Replaces the "Howdy" in the WordPress admin toolbar with a randomly chosen greeting from 100+ languages — a different one every page load.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy I18n
#71,042by michelanjos10 months ago
Lightweight inline translation plugin for static content and Elementor. No page duplication.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day