by Pascal Birchler 5 (18 reviews)

Preferred Languages

Name: Preferred Languages
Rating: 5.0 (18 reviews)
Author: Pascal Birchler

Choose languages for displaying WordPress in, in order of preference.

Preferred Languages ranks #4,174 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #56 of 749 in the Language Tools category, a 5/5 rating from 18 reviews, and was last updated Aug 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.4.2 Current Version v2.4.2

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 18 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#56 of 749 in Language Tools Top 10% by installs Downloads -30.1% this week Actively maintained

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3K+

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KW Avg Position

28.2

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108.5K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (18 reviews)

Next Milestone 4K

Total Progress 78.7%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

May 30, 2024

Preferred Languages [preferred-languages] < 2.3.0

CVE-2024-35644 · Fixed in v2.3.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.4.2
Last Updated: Aug 18, 2026
Requires WP: 6.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.2.24 or higher
Author: Pascal Birchler

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 18
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

i18n internationalization language localization translation

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and users who speak languages other than English, or multiple languages, and want the admin and site UI displayed accordingly. It solves the problem of incomplete or missing translations by letting users set an ordered list of preferred languages so WordPress falls back through them instead of defaulting straight to English.