Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Multisite Language Switcher
Active installs3,000+ rounded
Current authorDennis Ploetner
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release14 days ago 24 Aug 2026
Support0 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record59
Rating4.8 /5 · 99
Added to directory03 Jun 2011
Requires WP6.1
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Dennis Ploetner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| realloc | 57 | 03 Jun 2011 | 25 May 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.
Moderately adopted: 3,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
166 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 72% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 2,644/day07 Sep 2026
Install band fell to 3,000+ on 24 Aug 2026, from 4,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
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 | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 2,505 | 396 | 315 | 196 | 136 | 141 | 252 | 219 | 184 | 196 | 169 | 0 | 139 |
| Support threads | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (99) · active installs (3,000+) · version (3.0.2) · threads resolved (0)
37 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 03 Jun 2011
Requires WP6.1
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Aug 2026, 14 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 0 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, 2 of which were 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.
- 24 Aug 202614 days agoVersion 3.0.2 released
- 22 Aug 202616 days agoVersion 3.0.1 released
- 21 Aug 202617 days agoVersion 2.10.1 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily 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.
- 03 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 2.10.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 04 May 202516 months agoVersion 2.9.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 17 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 2.9.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 13 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 2.9.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 21 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 2.9.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 18 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 2.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 16 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 2.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 14 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 2.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 22 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 2.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 13 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 2.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 12 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 2.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 22 May 20242 years agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by realloc.
- 03 Jun 201115 years ago44 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 03 Jun 2011 and 19 May 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 03 Jun 201115 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
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 Dennis Ploetner for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 14 days ago (24 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs.
- It carries 99 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 0 of 2 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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