Preferred Languages — WordPress Translation Plugin
by Pascal Birchler · WordPress.org page · Website
Preferred Languages has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 114,701 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 18, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Preferred Languages at a glance
Is Preferred Languages well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Arrow Up: Move selected locale one position up
- Arrow Down: Move selected locale one position down
- Home: Select first locale in the list
- End: Select last locale in the list
- Backspace/Delete: remove the selected locale from the list
- Alt+A: Add the current locale from the dropdown to the list
Preferred Languages reviews and ratings
18 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
18 reviews
- 5★
-
18
- 4★
-
0
- 3★
-
0
- 2★
-
0
- 1★
-
0
-
Great!
This is an excellent and very useful plugin. Must have!
aelbo -
deja de usar solo Es_es y Es_mx, ES_ar...
Es un plugin, imprescindible en cualquier instalación fuera del inglés.
evZek -
Should be in the core!
Awesome plugin!
David Perez -
Make this a core feature
I honestly think that this should be a core feature of WP. The only thing wrong I notice is that when you are looking at the front end... The language of the admin bar changes into the site language but that's the only issue I have with this plugin at the time of writing. For the rest, it's a dream plugin.
Pieterjan Deneys -
awesome-plugin: from me 5 stars (i would give even more if it would be possible)
a very cool plugin. this is a truely great plugin, You can use it for many purposes. It works great right out of the box, but is very easy to customize to suit your needs. my current use-case: i use this plugin to power up my page - which has visitors from several european Countries. I’m using this plugin to manage a small job-site: And i have to say: I love this plugin. And if it comes to support: it is so awesome to see that all is documented so well and good: You can do so much with this plugin: if you need to customize it towards your special use-case: just look at the documentation (and again have a look at the docs) Read those instructions – they are written so well, people. There’s a lot of detail there and alltogehter i have to say: it’s super well documented! Amazing job: i love this plugin, from me 5 stars - (i would give even more if it would be possible) keep up this awesome and outstanding job - it rocks!!!
tangermaroc -
Very necessary in core
I think this should be in Core for websites with several possible languages. I like it very much! Specially I appreciate that each user can also choose languages from the selected languages. (I am developing a translation plugin for my own needs to use Google Translate to translate posts/pages and complement it.)
capbussat
Where Preferred Languages ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Preferred Languages appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Translation Plugins | #37 by tag, not in search | #60 | – |
Preferred Languages alternatives
Plugins that solve the same problem, ranked by how closely they overlap with Preferred Languages.
-
Admin in English 1,000+ installs · 4.8 -
Language Fallback 5,000+ installs · 4.8 -
wpLingua 2,000+ installs · 4.9 -
GPTranslate 500+ installs · 5.0 -
Loco Translate 1 million+ installs · 4.8
Details
Choose languages for displaying WordPress in, in order of preference.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Preferred Languages competes in
Tags
- i18n
- internationalization
- language
- localization
- translation
More from Pascal Birchler
-
Performant Translations 40,000+ installs -
Disable Embeds 10,000+ installs -
Voice Search 600+ installs
- Version
- 2.4.2
- Last updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- First published
- Oct 2, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 6.6
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.2.24
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Preferred Languages FAQ
What does Preferred Languages do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Preferred Languages offers Arrow Up: Move selected locale one position up, Arrow Down: Move selected locale one position down, Home: Select first locale in the list, End: Select last locale in the list and Backspace/Delete: remove the selected locale from the list.
How many active installs does Preferred Languages have?
WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs for Preferred Languages as of September 7, 2026.
Is Preferred Languages still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 18, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Is Preferred Languages free?
Preferred Languages is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Preferred Languages rank among Translation Plugins?
Preferred Languages is #60 in the WordPress.org Translation Plugins ranking.