Loco Translate

89 Quality Score

Active Installs

27/30

With 1,000,000 active installs it is among the most widely adopted translation tools in the WordPress ecosystem, reflecting strong grassroots trust.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect maintenance score of 100 is supported by a recent update on 2026-07-13, well within the last release cycle, indicating an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

14/15

A 96/100 rating across 450 reviews is exceptionally strong and points to consistently positive user experiences.

Support Health

8/15

Support health lands at 50 with only 6 threads and a 50 percent resolution rate, which is the one clear weak spot in an otherwise strong profile.

WP Compatibility

15/15

A perfect 100 for compatibility reflects tested support up to WordPress 7.0.1 and a PHP 7.4 minimum that covers the vast majority of hosting environments.

Scores higher than 98% of indexed plugins

About

Translate WordPress plugins and themes directly in your browser. Versatile PO file editor with integrated AI translation providers.

Active Installs 1M+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5

Last Updated 2026-08-01 2:21pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.6+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

7 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 6 Medium

Most recent: August 15, 2026

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Loco Translate <= 2.8.7 - Authenticated (Translator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PO File Extracted Comments Medium

August 15, 2026 Patched in ["2.8.8"] CVE-2026-15066

Loco Translate <= 2.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via 'template' Parameter High

July 15, 2026 Patched in ["2.8.6"] CVE-2026-15005

Loco Translate <= 2.8.2 - Authenticated (Translator+) Path Traversal to Limited File Read via 'ref' Parameter Medium

May 4, 2026 Patched in ["2.8.3"] CVE-2026-1921

Loco Translate <= 2.8.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'update_href' Parameter Medium

March 30, 2026 Patched in ["2.8.3"] CVE-2026-4146

Loco Translate <= 2.6.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

June 21, 2024 Patched in ["2.6.10"] CVE-2024-37236

Loco Translate <= 2.6.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

March 22, 2022 Patched in ["2.6.1"] CVE-2022-0765

Loco Translate <= 2.5.3 - Authenticated PHP Code Injection Medium

October 11, 2021 Patched in ["2.5.4"] CVE-2021-24721

What It Does

Loco Translate is a browser-based translation editor for WordPress that lets you translate any plugin or theme directly from the wp-admin dashboard, with built-in AI translation providers to speed up the process. It creates and edits standard PO/MO gettext files, so the translations you produce are portable and follow WordPress conventions. It also includes safeguards like protecting custom translations from being overwritten when a plugin updates.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for developers, agencies, and site owners who need to localize a plugin or theme into one or more languages without leaving WordPress or juggling desktop tools like Poedit. It suits teams that handle bespoke or niche translations where off-the-shelf multilingual plugins would be overkill or too expensive. Hobbyists running single-language sites have little reason to install it.

Who Should Skip It

If you need a fully translated, visitor-facing multilingual site with language switchers and translated URLs, you should skip Loco Translate and pick a frontend translation plugin like TranslatePress or GTranslate instead. It is also unnecessary on sites that ship entirely in English or only use plugins that already include your target languages.

The Bottom Line

Loco Translate is the de facto standard for editing plugin and theme translations inside WordPress, and its 88.77/100 quality score is justified by a million installs and a 96/100 user rating. The only real concern is its limited support thread activity, so plan to lean on documentation and community help rather than expecting rapid forum replies. For anyone serious about localization, it is a near-essential utility; everyone else can safely ignore it.

Pick GTranslate when you need an automatic, visitor-facing multilingual site powered by Google Translate with minimal manual work.

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 93/100

Choose TranslatePress if you want a visual, frontend editor for translating full pages and menus rather than just plugin and theme strings.

WP Multibyte Patch 89/100

WP Multibyte Patch is not a direct competitor; reach for it alongside Loco Translate when your site serves Japanese, Chinese, or other multibyte languages and needs encoding fixes.

Cyr-To-Lat 86/100

Cyr-To-Lat solves a very different problem, transliterating Cyrillic slugs into Latin, so consider it only if your URLs, not your strings, need conversion.

Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 84/100

Opt for Google Language Translator when you want a lightweight widget-based translator rather than a gettext file editor.