by Michel - xiligroup dev 3.9 (14 reviews)

xili-language

Name: xili-language
Rating: 3.9 (14 reviews)
Author: Michel - xiligroup dev

xili-language lets you create and manage multilingual WP site in several languages with yours or most famous localizable themes. Ready for CMS design.

xili-language ranks #8,412 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, is #62 of 479 in the Education & Support category, a 3.9/5 rating from 14 reviews, and was last updated Apr 2, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.9 (Current: 7.1)

v2.21.3 Current Version v2.21.3

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 02 Apr, 2025

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#62 of 479 in Education & Support Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

600+

-10.4%

KW Avg Position

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Downloads

278.5K

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78%

Review 3.9 out of 5

3.9 (14 reviews)

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3.9

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Sep 22, 2025 UNPATCHED

xili-language [xili-language] <= 2.21.3 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-58654 · No fix released
Apr 1, 2025

xili-language [xili-language] < 2.21.3

CVE-2025-31085 · Fixed in v2.21.3
May 15, 2015

xili-language [xili-language] < 2.8.6

Fixed in v2.8.6
xili-language [xili-language] < 2.8.6

Fixed in v2.8.6

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.21.3
Last Updated: Apr 02, 2025
Requires WP: 4.3.5+
Tested Up To: 4.9
PHP Version: 7.4.2 or higher
Author: Michel - xiligroup dev

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.9
Reviews: 14
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

.mo file language localization multilingual taxonomy

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

xili-language is for webmasters and theme developers building multilingual WordPress sites with translation-ready themes. It automatically selects the correct .mo language file to display theme text matching the language of the current post, page, or article, without cookies or redirects.

Automatic language selection for themes
Custom taxonomy for post language
Multisite/network compatible
WP JSON REST API compatible
Dashboard language selection for users
RTL language support
Compatible with xili-dictionary plugin
Compatible with xili-tidy-tags plugin

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about xili-language

It is the most recent way to add multilingual menus at a location in a theme. This method uses insertion point that will live choose the menu structure according current targeted language. see this howto page

To show insertion point metaboxes, remember to check them inside Screen Options. (top right tab near Help tab)

xili-language, xili-tidy-tags, xili-dictionary Since WP 3.0-alpha, if multisite is activated, the trilogy is now compatible and will include progressively some improvements dedicaded especially for WP Network context. Future specific docs will be available for registered webmasters.

IDs of all types of post (post, page, CPT) are listed in Translation box (second column) under the content.

If your theme follow the WP core rules (like in Twenty Twelve) with rtl.css file, RTL languages are well displayed.

Twenty Fifteen 2015 Twenty Fourteen 2014 Twenty Thirteen 2013 Responsive responsive Twenty Twelve 2012 Twenty Eleven 2011 Twenty Ten 2010 dev.xiligroup.com here and examples child theme below: And as you can see in stats, thousand of sites use xili-language (Stats in March 2015 are not good and must be fixed due to bad versioning sorting).

Yes, use contact form here. Multiple commercial theme were customized for clients using multilingual CMS.

Some gold functions (in xilidev-libraries) are explained here and some belong to pro services for commercial websites. Yes, use contact form here.

Effectively, prefer forum to obtain some support.

Yes, example child themes of official themes like Twenty Twelve or Twenty Thirteen - see list above in previous question.