Best lang plugins for WordPress
The most popular lang 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 Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor (300+) and HTML Global lang Attribute (100+). All 8 plugins tagged “lang” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 lang plugins
- 1.
Juiz Lang AttributeThe most installed lang plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
HTML Global lang Attribute100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 4.Set HTML lang attribute per post
100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 5.
Lang Attribute for the Block Editor90+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.hreflang Flag
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 7.Site Language Definition
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 8.Accessibility Language
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 8 plugins tagged “lang”

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

Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor
Down in the last 7 days:13#10,823by Jb Audras2 months ago
Add an abbreviation format button to the formatting toolbar in the block editor.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 13/day

HTML Global lang Attribute
Down in the last 7 days:9#13,961by Alex Zappa4 years ago
This plugin slice the language attribute for HTML tag, For example: lang="en-US" to lang="en"
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Set HTML lang attribute per post
Up in the last 7 days:15#14,670by nilsnh11 years ago
This wordpress plugin adds a meta box for specifying html lang="" language per post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lang Attribute for the Block Editor
Down in the last 7 days:81#17,008by Jb Audras2 months ago
Add lang attribute to the text formatting toolbar in the block editor.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
hreflang Flag
#40,574by julienvdg16 years ago
Add a flag icon to link corresponding to the hreflang attribute.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Site Language Definition
Up in the last 7 days:1,054#42,391by Miina Sikk10 years ago
Site Language Definition is a simple plugin for forcing the web browser to know what language your site is in.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Accessibility Language
#48,154by Hailstorm15 years ago
Add language-tags via TinyMCE to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day