Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Polylang
Active installs900,000+ rounded
Current authorChouby
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release17 days ago 21 Oct 2026
Support6 / 28 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record236
Rating4.7 /5 · 3,003
Added to directory22 Sep 2011
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Chouby throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chouby | 229 | 22 Sep 2011 | 20 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 900,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
14,908 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 79% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 213,207/day31 Oct 2026
27 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.9 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.7 (1 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
Install band rose to 900,000+ on 13 Oct 2026, from 800,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 18 Jun 2026 and 05 Sep 2026: 30 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Across 30 reviews posted between June 18 and September 5, 2026, reviewers most often praise how approachable Polylang feels day to day: 7 of 30 reviews call the setup or ongoing use easy, intuitive, or simple. Longevity comes up almost as often, with 6 of 30 reviewers describing years of reliable use, several citing five to seven years without problems. 4 of 30 reviews single out the free version's value, with some explicitly comparing it to paid alternatives like WPML. Against that, 1 of 30 reviews describes frustration with documentation and CSS customization as a non-coder new to WordPress.
- 7 of 30 mention how easy or simple the plugin is to set up and use. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- 6 of 30 describe using Polylang reliably for several years without issues. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 4 of 30 highlight the value of Polylang's free version, some comparing it to paid alternatives like WPML. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 1 of 30 report frustration with documentation or setup complexity as a non-coder. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 10 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 8,407 | 22,094 | 188,263 | 25,783 | 213,207 | 22,444 | 10,983 | 10,692 | 0 | 16,353 | 21,771 | 33,056 | 11,503 |
| Ratings total | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,001 | 3,002 | 3,002 | 3,002 | 3,003 | 3,003 | 3,003 | 3,003 | 3,003 | 3,003 | 3,003 |
| Version | 3.8.11 | 3.8.11 | 3.9.0 | 3.9.0 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.1 |
| Support threads | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 |
| Threads resolved | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (900,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory15 years ago 22 Sep 2011
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 21 Oct 2026, 18 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 6 of 28 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 21 Oct 202618 days agoVersion 3.9.1 released
- 19 Oct 202620 days agoVersion 3.9.0 released
- 12 Oct 202627 days agoVersion 3.8.11 released
- 12 Oct 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 800,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 11 Oct 202628 days agoInstall band moved to 900,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 10 Oct 202629 days agoInstall band moved to 800,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 07 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 900,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 28 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 3.8.10 released
- 08 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.8.9 released
- 07 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.8.8 released
- 17 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 3.8.7 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 800,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 20 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 3.8.6 released
- 16 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 3.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 18 May 20266 months agoVersion 3.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 27 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 3.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 07 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 3.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 19 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 3.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 17 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 3.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 23 Feb 20268 months agoVersion 3.7.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 26 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 3.7.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 06 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 3.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 10 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 3.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 28 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 3.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 16 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 3.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Chouby.
- 22 Sep 201115 years ago216 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 22 Sep 2011 and 27 May 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 22 Sep 201115 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 24 Feb 2026 · Polylang 3.8 is now available – What's new?Polylang (WP SYNTEX)
- 31 Oct 2025 · Polylang <= 3.7.3 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data (Object Injection)GitHub Advisory Database
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Chouby for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 17 days ago (21 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 900,000+ active installs.
- It carries 3,003 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 6 of 28 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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