Best locale plugins for WordPress
The most popular locale plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bogo leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Admin Locale (6K+) and Language Fallback (5K+). All 14 plugins tagged “locale” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 locale plugins
- 1.
BogoThe most installed locale plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 48 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Admin Locale6K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 3.
Language Fallback5K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 23 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Localize WordPress200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 5.
WPSSO User Locale Selector60+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
Locale Auto Switch30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
JSM User Locale Selector30+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
JM Buddy Translate10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 9.
LanguageBack10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 10.
Comment Translator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 14 plugins tagged “locale”
Bogo
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,732by Rock Lobster Inc.2 months ago
A straight-forward multilingual plugin. No more double-digit custom DB tables or hidden HTML comments that could cause you headaches later on.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(48)
- Downloads
- 119/day
Admin Locale
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,834by Louy Alakkad14 years ago
This plugin allows you to change the language of the admin panel without changing the whole site language.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Language Fallback
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,983by Bernhard Kau1 month ago
Set a language as a fallback for the chosen language (e.g. "Deutsch" as a fallback for "Deutsch (Sie)")
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(23)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Localize WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:11#12,522by S15 years ago
Easily switch to any localization from GlotPress
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPSSO User Locale Selector
Down in the last 7 days:76#19,882by JS Morisset10 days ago
Quick and easy locale / language / region selector for the WordPress admin toolbar.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Locale Auto Switch
Up in the last 7 days:58#23,401by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Automatically switch the locale according to the locale of the browser.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JSM User Locale Selector
Down in the last 7 days:286#25,137by JS Morisset10 days ago
Add a quick and easy user locale / language selector in the WordPress admin back-end and front-end toolbar menus.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JM Buddy Translate
Up in the last 7 days:7,874#35,842by jomo9 years ago
Quick and easy translate BuddyPress and bbPress messages or any selected text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LanguageBack
Down in the last 7 days:492#38,642by moxu14 years ago
Simple , minimalistic plugin that lets you set different locale for frontend and backend.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Comment Translator
Down in the last 7 days:5,085#42,821by codycode12 years ago
Help your visitor translate other comments to their language
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add More Body Classes
Down in the last 7 days:5,638#43,715by ShinichiN11 years ago
Body tag with more classes such as locale and page slug.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Neo332 Admin Language Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:10,642#56,879by neo33211 days ago
Choose your preferred WordPress administration language without changing the language of the website frontend.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
TrashMail Contact Me
Down in the last 7 days:3,743#72,480by Sam Bull8 years ago
Generate unique disposable contact addresses for each visitor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day