Performant Translations
Making internationalization/localization in WordPress faster than ever before.
4.9(16 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Performant Translations is a WordPress i18n plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 194K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Downloads are down 9% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Loco Translate.
4.9/516 reviews
40K+active installs
100%resolved
3 yearssince 2023
Overview
Making internationalization/localization in WordPress faster than ever before.
Disclaimer about WordPress 6.5
Attention: most functionality of this plugin has been merged into WordPress 6.5! You might not need it anymore.
However, this plugin is still relevant for cases where language packs are not downloaded from WordPress.org but somewhere else, for example if you are developing your own plugins or using commercial plugins.
The Performant Translations plugin converts the translation files of those plugins to the new file format introduced in WordPress 6.5, to really optimize them for speed.
What this plugin does
This project uses a new approach to handle translation files in WordPress, making localization blazing fast.
An in-depth i18n performance analysis showed that localized WordPres…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great Plugin!
by Ahmad Zia Zahedi·3 months ago
Very helpful! Easy to access and accurate.
Speedy help!
by Abdullah Aldeghaim·6 months ago
Works great. Assisted with the issues, and it’s easy to use.
This plugin saved me hundreds of dollars
by magneetjeswinkel·1 year ago
What this plugin does is amazing! There were some issues that made my website slow. The website achieved a mobile page speed of 52. Blocked display for more than 10 seconds. I don’t have the technical knowledge to fix this in the code. This would have cost me around $600. I found this plugin and all errors were removed from the website with one click. I am incredibly happy with the result. And that with a free plugin! I knew it should be possible. Because I am so happy, I take the paid subscription! Thank you very much!
You feel the difference
by Jeroen Rotty·2 years ago
Browsing the dashboard feels instant snappier, even if your hosting is already fast and performant – it still makes a difference!
Cool
by Benedikt Ledl·2 years ago
I’ve got a multi language site (with WPML) that has a huge performance problem. I was not able to figure out what is actually causing the performance problem, the main problem probably has nothing to do with i18n, this plugin still helps cause it significantely speeds up the translations, leaving the only bottleneck to be the unknown problem.
Many thanks for your efforts!
Download Trends
Today: 160Yesterday: 95This week: 675Period total: 70K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
98.8%
Other
1.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
For the plugin’s full changelog, please see the Releases page on GitHub.
1.2.0
- This plugin now requires WordPress 6.5
Contributors
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