Multilanguage by BestWebSoft – WordPress Translation Plugin and Language Switcher

71 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

With roughly 3,000 active installs, it has a modest footprint and sits well below category leaders like Google Language Translator at 100,000 installs.

Update Freshness

22/25

An update in January 2026 and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4 indicate the developer is actively maintaining the plugin.

User Rating

11/15

A 76 out of 100 from 92 reviewers is decent but not outstanding, suggesting most users are satisfied while a meaningful minority have run into issues.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved is a yellow flag: either almost no one needs help, or users are not bothering to ask because responses are slow or the forum is inactive.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks here, with tested compatibility on WordPress 6.9.4 and a minimum requirement of 6.4, covering the vast majority of current installs.

Scores higher than 25% of indexed plugins

About

The ultimate WordPress translation solution with built-in language translator. Create multilingual content, switch languages, and translate your entir …

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.8/5

Last Updated 2026-01-14 12:31pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.4+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: January 15, 2026

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What It Does

Multilanguage by BestWebSoft adds multilingual content management to WordPress, letting site owners create translated versions of posts, pages, and other content while offering visitors a language switcher. It includes a built-in translation workflow so you can produce and edit translations directly inside the WordPress admin without relying on an external service. The plugin also provides language switcher widgets and shortcodes for placing the switcher in menus, sidebars, or page content.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small to mid-sized sites that need proper translated content rather than machine-translated approximations, such as bilingual blogs, regional business sites, or small e-commerce stores serving two or three language markets. It is a reasonable choice if you want translations stored natively in WordPress and prefer a self-contained workflow over a Google Translate widget. Sites with modest translation volume and a small content team will get the most out of it.

Who Should Skip It

If you need quick, automated machine translation for dozens of languages, a Google Translate based plugin will be faster to set up. Large multilingual operations with many editors, complex translation memory needs, or WooCommerce multisite setups will likely outgrow this plugin and should evaluate WPML or Polylang instead.

The Bottom Line

Multilanguage by BestWebSoft is a tidy, actively maintained option for small sites that want native, manually translated content without paying for WPML. With only about 3,000 installs and a silent support forum, it is not a proven solution at scale and carries some adoption risk. Worth trying on a staging site first, but keep WPML or Polylang in your back pocket if your multilingual needs grow.

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