Best localization plugins for WordPress
The most popular localization plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Polylang leads with 900K+ active installs, ahead of Performant Translations (30K+) and Bogo (10K+). All 137 plugins tagged “localization” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 localization plugins
- 1.
PolylangThe most installed localization plugin, with 900K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 3,004 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.Performant Translations
30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Bogo10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 48 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
WP Multilang10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 100 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 5.
Simple Admin Language Change10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 22 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
WPGlobus8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 228 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Ray Enterprise Translation7K+ active installs. Rated 2.6 from 48 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.Language Fallback
5K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 23 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
Multisite Language Switcher3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 99 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.Preferred Languages
3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 137 plugins tagged “localization”

Polylang
Up in the last 7 days:1#71by Chouby19 days ago
Go multilingual in a simple and efficient way. Keep writing posts and taxonomy terms as usual while defining their languages all at once.
- Installs
- 900K+
- Rating
- 4.7(3K)
- Downloads
- 10.9K/day
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
- 194/day

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

WP Multilang
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,953by Magazine32 days ago
Multilingual plugin for WordPress. Go Multilingual in minutes with full WordPress support. Translate your site easily with this localization plugin.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(100)
- Downloads
- 145/day

Simple Admin Language Change
Up in the last 7 days:12#2,119by Karolina Vyskocilova3 months ago
Change your dashboard language quickly and easily from the admin bar as often as you need.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(22)
- Downloads
- 170/day

WPGlobus
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,323by Gregory K. (@tivnet)1 month ago
Multilingual/Globalization: URL-based multilanguage with an easy interface to enter your translations.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(228)
- Downloads
- 68/day

Ray Enterprise Translation
Down in the last 7 days:14#2,519by Jiro Sasamoto12 days ago
Convenient cloud-based localization and translation for WordPress.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 2.6(48)
- Downloads
- 140/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

Multisite Language Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,686by Dennis Ploetner9 days ago
A simple, powerful and easy-to-use plugin that will help you to manage multilingual content in a multisite WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(99)
- Downloads
- 146/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
- 49/day

Falang multilanguage for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:8#5,119by Stéphane Bouey3 days ago
Translate WordPress content manually or with Google, DeepL, Azure and ChatGPT. Supports popular plugins like WooCommerce. Translations are stored sepa …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(113)
- Downloads
- 73/day

ConveyThis AI Multilingual Translation
Down in the last 7 days:5#6,028by ConveyThis4 days ago
Translate WordPress into 200+ languages. AI translation plugin for multilingual websites — WooCommerce, SEO, hreflang, Google Translate.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(145)
- Downloads
- 57/day
Admin in English
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,667by Nikolay Bachiyski9 years ago
Admin in English lets you have your administration panel in English, even if the rest of your blog is translated into another language.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(30)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Dynamic Copyright Year
Up in the last 7 days:36#7,580by 5 Star Plugins (Rob)26 days ago
Take year updates off your New Year’s list. This plugin dynamically updates copyright year in realtime with local timezone precision. No shortcode.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day

xili-language
Down in the last 7 days:15#8,413by Michel - xiligroup dev1 year ago
xili-language lets you create and manage multilingual WP site in several languages with yours or most famous localizable themes. Ready for CMS design.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 14/day

POEditor
Down in the last 7 days:13#8,894by POEditor11 months ago
This plugin will let you manage your POEditor translations directly from Wordpress via the POEditor API.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

GPTranslate
Up in the last 7 days:89#8,963by JExtensions Store24 days ago
Featured by WPTuts. Native AI Translation Agent that automatically translates your site with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, DeepL and more.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(34)
- Downloads
- 51/day
WEB-Translation
Up in the last 7 days:43#9,084by EC WEB-T4 months ago
Make your site multilingual in few steps with WEB-T – eTranslation Multilingual WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Engine GeoTarget
Down in the last 7 days:171#10,049by WP Engine1 year ago
Create a personalized user experience based on location.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.6(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Duplicate Title Validator
Up in the last 7 days:165#10,223by hasan movahed2 months ago
Prevents publishing posts with duplicate titles across all post types and taxonomies. Works with both Gutenberg and Classic Editor.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Čeština pro WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:9#10,514by pavelevap13 years ago
Plugin obsahuje úpravy češtiny pro WordPress a lokalizaci vybraných pluginů a šablon.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Phrase TMS Integration for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:542#12,483by Phrase7 days ago
We’re transforming language technology, opening the door to global business so you can reach more people, make deeper connections, and drive growth.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 34/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
Theme Blvd WPML Bridge
Down in the last 7 days:106#12,705by Jason12 years ago
This plugin adds additional WPML compatibility for Theme Blvd themes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WOVN.io
Up in the last 7 days:125#12,854by WOVN.io14 days ago
Localize your website, translate web pages in minutes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Surbma
Down in the last 7 days:83#13,506by Surbma3 years ago
Localize the Gravity Forms Datepicker fields with this plugin's automatic localization.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 5/day

WPGlobus for Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
Down in the last 7 days:78#13,698by Alex Gor9 years ago
WPGlobus for Black Studio TinyMCE Widget is an extension to the WPGlobus plugin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP_Multilingual
Up in the last 7 days:10#13,822by Oleg Butuzov18 years ago
WP_Multilingual is extension that brings WordPress multilingual support. With it's help you can publish more that in one language at a time.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPCasa Polylang
Up in the last 7 days:321#14,062by WPSight2 months ago
Add support for Polylang to manage WPCasa property data in multiple languages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TranslateWP
Up in the last 7 days:2,067#14,209by Verdi Heinz13 days ago
Translate WordPress with AI, guide its wording with your Lexicon, and add a language switcher. Translations follow changes to your content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 32/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
Theme Blvd String Swap
Down in the last 7 days:4#16,027by Jason8 years ago
When using a theme with Theme Blvd framework version 2.4+, this plugin is will allow to translate strings you see on the frontend of your website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smartcat Translator for WPML
Down in the last 7 days:438#19,562by smartcatai21 days ago
The easiest way to translate your WPML-enabled WordPress site into various languages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Lokalise Companion Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:474#19,672by Lokalise4 months ago
Simplify WordPress website translation and multilingual content management with Lokalise.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Superdav AI Language Packs
Up in the last 7 days:32#20,639by David Stone3 months ago
Automatically provides AI-generated translations for WordPress plugins when official translations are missing or incomplete.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WPC Simple Translate
#21,353by Planet Studio1 year ago
Translate texts in content, slider, form, gallery, page builders widgets... in different languages. [:en]Hello[:fr]Bonjour[:]
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Translify for TranslatePress with DeepL
Up in the last 7 days:366#24,719by mashour061 month ago
Automatically translate your website using the DeepL API with seamless integration into TranslatePress.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SimplePoTranslate
#25,573by 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
SiteTran
Down in the last 7 days:726#26,555by sitetran1 year ago
WordPress Translation Made Easy. Full SEO Benefits. No coding required. Low-cost usage-based pricing. Go global with SiteTran today!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Persian World
Down in the last 7 days:106#27,855by Danial Hatami12 years ago
It will turn WordPress , bbPress and BuddyPress into Persian !
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.9(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Form Multilingual for GiveWP
Down in the last 7 days:187#28,132by Link Nacional2 years ago
GiveWP and Polylang Form redirect to right donation receipt.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stella Flags Widget
#29,158by rafallach14 years ago
Plugin creates language selector widget with country flags for the Stella plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zanto WP Translation (For Multisites)
Up in the last 7 days:133#29,883by Ayebare Mucunguzi Brooks11 years ago
Zanto WP Translation helps you run a multilingual site by providing linkage between content in blogs of different languages in a WordPress multisite.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Debug Bar Localization
Down in the last 7 days:185#29,974by Juliette Reinders Folmer10 years ago
Debug Bar Localization adds a new panel to the Debug Bar which displays information on the locale for your install and the language files loaded.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Geo Targetly Geo Translate
Down in the last 7 days:12#30,661by geotargetly11 months ago
Auto-translate and localize your website based on visitor location. Show the right language variant to the right user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Extended Profile Translation
Up in the last 7 days:911#31,822by Markus Echterhoff8 years ago
Multilingual Extended Profiles in multisite BuddyPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Translation connectors
Up in the last 7 days:269#32,929by smartcatai5 years ago
Smartcat Translation Manager offers the easiest way to translate your WordPress pages and posts into any language in a few clicks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Translate
Down in the last 7 days:1,546#34,443by Translate.com6 years ago
Translate website with WordPress multilingual plugin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smartling Connector
#37,329by Smartling4 days ago
Translate content in WordPress quickly and seamlessly with Smartling, the industry-leading Translation Management System.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 56/day
ICanLocalize Translator
#40,550by Amir Helzer18 years ago
Allows running multilingual WordPress sites with zero management. Automatically creates and updates translation when you edit.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day