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Language Switcher — WordPress Translation Plugin

by rafasashi · WordPress.org page · Website

v3.8.8 Tested up to WP 6.8.8

Language Switcher has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 73,712 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 1, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Language Switcher at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
73,712
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Language Switcher well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

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

  • STANDALONE – No WordPress Multisite required
  • MIXED SOURCES – map internal or external urls
  • POST TYPE LANGUAGE – Add a main language selector to post types and map urls of alternative languages
  • TAXONOMY LANGUAGE – Add a main language selector to terms and map urls of alternative languages
  • HREFLANG LINKS – Add hreflang links into the head of each page and improve the SEO
  • MENU LANGUAGE – Add a main language selector to the menu settings and switch the menu accordingly
  • LANGUAGE FILTERS – Filter items by language in the main WP_Query of archive pages
  • LANGUAGE WIDGET – Add the language switcher with the widget
  • LANGUAGE SHORTCODE – Add the language switcher anywhere with the shortcode [language-switcher]
  • LANGUAGE MENUS – Add the language switcher to your navigation menus
  • SWITCHER TITLE – Select from multiple options to customize the switcher title
  • COUNTRY FLAGS – Add country flags manually to your Theme Additional CSS or style.css

Language Switcher reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.0 out of 5

7 reviews

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  • Perfect

    The plugin works very well and support is perfect. Thank you.

    bartelby

  • Great Support

    Great Support from Author. It works fine.

    olimpos92

  • Good but heavily bugged

    This plugin would be just perfect if it had its bugs fixed. It seems to perform some language detection with session cookies that constantly introduces errors, such as all pages being shown as language:English in both the site and the admin panel.

    inuya5ha

  • Broke my website

    Installed, activated, and turned on the menu switcher on my main nav. The plugin replaced (?) several menu items with its switcher menu item. Soon thereafter, the entire front end of the site died. Wouldn't even load anything at all, so likely a PHP issue or incompatibility. Deactivating took everything back to normal. Really too bad, as I could use this plugin's functionality.

    gdvine

  • Flag

    A super simple and useful plugin. Is it possible to add a photo of language flags? Such a visual option would definitely be great.

    Nomex

  • Excellent plugin

    Well done, support really helped! Very satisfied !

    photograch

Where Language Switcher ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Language Switcher appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Translation Plugins #56 by tag, not in search #87 –

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Details

Add a Language Switcher to Menus, Post Types and Taxonomies.

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

Rankings Language Switcher competes in

Tags

  • internationalisation
  • internationalization
  • language
  • language switcher
  • languages
Version
3.8.8
Last updated
Sep 1, 2025
First published
Sep 9, 2018
Requires WordPress
4.6
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Language Switcher FAQ

What does Language Switcher do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Language Switcher offers STANDALONE – No WordPress Multisite required, MIXED SOURCES – map internal or external urls, POST TYPE LANGUAGE – Add a main language selector to post types and map urls of alternative languages, TAXONOMY LANGUAGE – Add a main language selector to terms and map urls of alternative languages and HREFLANG LINKS – Add hreflang links into the head of each page and improve the SEO.

How many active installs does Language Switcher have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Language Switcher as of September 7, 2026.

Is Language Switcher still maintained?

The last release was on September 1, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Language Switcher free?

Language Switcher is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Language Switcher rank among Translation Plugins?

Language Switcher is #87 in the WordPress.org Translation Plugins ranking.