Language Switcher for Transposh

72 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

At 1,000 active installs the reach is modest, but the score is inflated by an unusually low denominator, so this is a niche plugin rather than a mainstream one.

Update Freshness

22/25

Updated within the past month and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, the maintenance signal is strong and suggests an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 6 reviewers is encouraging, though the very small sample size means the score should be read with caution.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved gives a neutral 50, indicating either a stable plugin or an absent support channel; there is no public evidence either way.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Requires PHP 5.6 and WordPress 5.0 at minimum and is tested up to 6.9.4, which covers the vast majority of current WordPress installations.

Scores higher than 29% of indexed plugins

About

A professional, highly customizable language switcher for Transposh. Requires Transposh Translation Filter plugin to be installed.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-01-13 5:51pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 5.6+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: April 19, 2024

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What It Does

Language Switcher for Transposh adds a configurable language switcher widget to sites that already run the Transposh Translation Filter plugin. It lets administrators choose flag styles, layout, and placement so visitors can toggle between translated versions of the content. In short, it is a presentation layer for Transposh, not a translation engine on its own.

Who It's For

This plugin is for site owners who have already standardized on Transposh for translation and want more control over how the language selector looks and behaves than the default Transposh widget offers. It fits multilingual blogs, tourism sites, and small international publications that rely on Transposh's machine translation plus human editing workflow. If you need a polished flag-based switcher without changing your underlying translation tool, this is the target audience.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone who does not use Transposh should skip this plugin, since it does nothing without the parent plugin installed. Sites needing a standalone translation solution will be better served by full alternatives like Gtranslate or TranslatePress.

The Bottom Line

Language Switcher for Transposh is a narrow, well-maintained companion plugin that earns an overall quality score of 75.83 out of 100, with strong maintenance and compatibility but limited adoption and no visible support history. Its value is real for Transposh users who want a better switcher, and negligible for everyone else. Treat the perfect user rating as encouraging rather than conclusive given only six reviews.

Pick Gtranslate when you want an all-in-one translation and switcher solution backed by Google Translate, with around 900,000 installs and broader out-of-the-box functionality.

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 93/100

Choose TranslatePress if you want a full multilingual framework with AI translation and a visual editor, rather than just a switcher add-on.

Loco Translate 89/100

Loco Translate is the better pick when you only need to translate theme and plugin strings into other languages, without front-end switching.

Cyr-To-Lat 86/100

Cyr-To-Lat is unrelated to multilingual content; pick it only if you specifically need to transliterate Cyrillic slugs to Latin characters.

Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 84/100

Google Language Translator is a simpler, lighter Google-based option for sites that want basic translation without committing to Transposh.