Falang multilanguage for WordPress

76 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only 1,000 active installs it is a niche player, far behind TranslatePress (400,000) and GTranslate (900,000), but it over-indexes on the popularity metric relative to its size.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated June 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0, the maintenance signal is strong and the plugin is clearly being actively developed.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100/100 from 111 reviewers indicates users who try it tend to love it, though the small review pool makes the rating less statistically reliable than higher-traffic competitors.

Support Health

8/15

Only 4 support threads exist with a 25% resolution rate, which is too thin a sample to judge responsiveness but suggests an understaffed or low-engagement support channel.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatible with WordPress 4.7 through 7.0 and PHP 5.6 plus, so it will run on virtually any current hosting environment.

Scores higher than 46% of indexed plugins

About

Falang is a WordPress multilingual plugin. Translate sites and WooCommerce content. Supports Google, Azure, DeepL and ChatGPT

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-08-19 3:07pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.7+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 5.6+

Security History

9 known vulnerabilities, all patched

3 High 6 Medium

Most recent: June 16, 2026

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Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation High

June 16, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.3"] CVE-2026-54805

Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.65 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection High

September 16, 2025 Patched in ["1.3.66"] CVE-2025-58619

Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.61 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

May 19, 2025 Patched in ["1.3.62"] CVE-2025-48285

Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.3.52 - Missing Authorization to Translation Update and Information Exposure Medium

August 7, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.53"] CVE-2024-6869

Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.51 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

June 21, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.52"] CVE-2024-37240

Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.3.49 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

May 10, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.50"] CVE-2024-4417

Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.47 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection High

March 28, 2024 Patched in ["1.3.48"] CVE-2024-30495

Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.39 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via add_language Medium

July 12, 2023 Patched in ["1.3.40"] CVE-2023-37968

Falang multilanguage for WordPress < 1.3.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

October 25, 2021 Patched in ["1.3.18"]

What It Does

Falang is a WordPress multilingual plugin that lets you translate posts, pages, and WooCommerce products into multiple languages directly from the WordPress admin. It integrates with Google Translate, Azure, DeepL, and ChatGPT to speed up content translation using machine translation engines rather than manual entry alone.

Who It's For

Falang is best suited for small to mid-sized WooCommerce shops and WordPress sites that need straightforward multilingual product or page translation without the complexity of a full multisite setup. It fits store owners comfortable editing translations inside the post editor who want built-in machine translation assistance from services like DeepL or ChatGPT.

Who Should Skip It

If you operate a high-traffic site or a large content network needing advanced translation workflows, RTL handling, or strong third-party plugin compatibility, you will likely outgrow Falang's 1,000 active installs and limited support footprint. Sites that only need a simple language switcher widget should look at lighter alternatives first.

The Bottom Line

Falang earns a 75.93/100 quality score driven by clean maintenance signals and a perfect user rating, yet its tiny install base and thin support history mean you are betting on a small team. It is a reasonable pick for a WooCommerce shop that wants DeepL or ChatGPT assisted translation in a single dashboard, but larger multilingual projects should default to TranslatePress or GTranslate for proven scale.

Pick GTranslate if you want a free, zero-config auto-translation widget and the broadest install base to lean on for stability.

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 93/100

Choose TranslatePress when you need a front-end visual translation editor and a much larger ecosystem of integrations for a busier site.

Loco Translate 89/100

Use Loco Translate if your real need is translating plugin and theme strings (POT/PO files) rather than full site content.

Cyr-To-Lat 86/100

Cyr-To-Lat solves a different problem entirely, slug transliteration, so it is only relevant if you also need clean Cyrillic-to-Latin permalinks.

Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 84/100

Google Language Translator is the option for users who want a minimal Google-powered switcher with no translation management overhead.