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Force Update Translations — WordPress Translation Plugin

by Mayo Moriyama · WordPress.org page

v0.6.2 Tested up to WP 6.9.7 PHP 5.6+

Force Update Translations has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 23,809 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 22, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Force Update Translations at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
23,809
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Force Update Translations well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.9.7, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
10%
1 of 10 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Activate the theme you want to get the translation files
  • Visit ‘Appearance’ > ‘Update translation’ in WordPress menu, or click ‘Update translation’ on theme details of current theme on ‘Themes’ page
  • Click the ‘Update Translations’ button

Force Update Translations reviews and ratings

10 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.6 out of 5

10 reviews

5★
9
4★
0
3★
0
2★
0
1★
1

  • Very, very convenient!

    Very handy when editing a translation! Thanks for the plugin you need!

    Irina

  • Very handy for PTE/GTE or just ... everyone

    Fetches freshly translated strings in a jiffy. Essential.

    Yui

  • Awesome plugin

    Oh, this is an awesome plugin so I fully localize this plugin's UI and page for zh_TW.

    Alex Lion (阿力獅)

  • Very helpful for translators

    If you are translating a plug-in or a theme, this plug-in is a must-have. It allows you to pull your translations from translate.wordpress.org into your website to see these translations in context – which is often the only way to tell whether something is well translated or not. In the most recent version of the plug-in, this works not only for plug-in translations but for theme translations as well. Easy to use, works fine.

    Martin Sauter

  • Very helpful!

    This plugin is very helpful! We able to use themes/plugins in our language, even it is not 100% translation.

    (Nok) Pantip Treerattanapitak

  • Amazing

    I am so glad to find this plugin. We have international users for our plugin that help out by submitting translations. The problem is, there is no way for them to use the translations until it goes through a formal approval process. This is a wonderful solution, we can point our users to this plugin so they can use the translations right away. Thanks so much for making this!

    NSquared

Where Force Update Translations ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Force Update Translations appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Translation Plugins #52 by tag, not in search #80 –

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Details

Apply WordPress.org theme and plugin translations to a site even if translations are not yet approved or language packs have not been released.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Force Update Translations competes in

Tags

  • translation

More from Mayo Moriyama

Version
0.6.2
Last updated
Dec 22, 2025
First published
Aug 29, 2018
Requires WordPress
4.7
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Force Update Translations FAQ

What does Force Update Translations do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Force Update Translations offers Activate the theme you want to get the translation files, Visit ‘Appearance’ > ‘Update translation’ in WordPress menu, or click ‘Update translation’ on theme details of current theme on ‘Themes’ page and Click the ‘Update Translations’ button.

How many active installs does Force Update Translations have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Force Update Translations as of September 7, 2026.

Is Force Update Translations still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on December 22, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Does Force Update Translations have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Force Update Translations are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Force Update Translations free?

Force Update Translations is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Force Update Translations rank among Translation Plugins?

Force Update Translations is #80 in the WordPress.org Translation Plugins ranking.