Best multi-lingual plugins for WordPress
The most popular multi-lingual plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. R3DF Dashboard Language Switcher leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of R3DF Multisite Language Indicator (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “multi-lingual” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 multi-lingual plugins
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R3DF Dashboard Language SwitcherThe most installed multi-lingual plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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R3DF Multisite Language Indicator20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 2 plugins tagged “multi-lingual”
R3DF Dashboard Language Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:28#12,558by Rick Radko11 years ago
This plugin allows logged in users to select the language they would like to use when viewing the WordPress dashboard. It works with multisite and sin …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
R3DF Multisite Language Indicator
#26,570by Rick Radko10 years ago
Adds language indicators (flag, locale or language) beside the site title of sites to help identify similarly named sites in multilingual multisites.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day