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Falang multilanguage for WordPress

by Stéphane Bouey · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 12 Oct 2026, 18 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

89/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Falang multilanguage for WordPress
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security70
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Falang multilanguage for WordPress still maintained?
Yes. Last release 12 Oct 2026, 18 releases in the last 24 months. 12 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Falang multilanguage for WordPress, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer sbouey since Sep 2019. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Falang multilanguage for WordPress removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Falang multilanguage for WordPress safe?
10 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 1.4.6). Not on the exploited list. 19 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Falang multilanguage for WordPress update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.4.6. No one-star spike after it. 12 Oct 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master23 Sep 2019 to 23 Sep 2019, 1 commits
sbouey24 Sep 2019 to 12 Oct 2026, 132 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2019.

Maintenance

Last release
23 days ago
Releases, 24 months
18
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Falang multilanguage for WordPress
Q1 20246
Q2 20243
Q3 20243
Q4 20242
Q1 20253
Q2 20253
Q3 20253
Q4 20251
Q1 20262
Q2 20263
Q3 20261
Q4 20261

Last release 12 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star110
4 star2
3 star1
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

4 vulnerabilities in 24 months (10 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 1.4.6).

Show 10 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
19 Oct 2026Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.4<= 1.4.51.4.6Patched before disclosure
16 Jun 2026Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation8.8<= 1.4.21.4.3Patched before disclosure
16 Sep 2025Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.65 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection8.1<= 1.3.651.3.66Patched before disclosure
19 May 2025Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.61 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 1.3.611.3.62Patched before disclosure
7 Aug 2024Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.3.52 - Missing Authorization to Translation Update and Information Exposure5.4<= 1.3.521.3.53Patched before disclosure
21 Jun 2024Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.51 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 1.3.511.3.52Patched before disclosure
10 May 2024Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.3.49 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting4.4<= 1.3.491.3.50Patched before disclosure
28 Mar 2024Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.47 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection7.2<= 1.3.471.3.48Patched before disclosure
12 Jul 2023Falang multilanguage <= 1.3.39 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via add_language5.4<= 1.3.391.3.40Patched before disclosure
25 Oct 2021Falang multilanguage for WordPress < 1.3.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 1.3.181.3.18Patched before disclosure

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

0% of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Falang multilanguage for WordPress
4 May 2026294
11 May 2026242
18 May 20261,082
25 May 2026254
1 Jun 2026175
8 Jun 2026895
15 Jun 2026358
22 Jun 2026225
29 Jun 2026152
6 Jul 2026196
13 Jul 2026124
20 Jul 2026140
27 Jul 2026197
3 Aug 2026169
10 Aug 2026180
17 Aug 20261,058
24 Aug 2026274
31 Aug 2026292
7 Sep 2026266
14 Sep 2026335
21 Sep 2026348
28 Sep 2026258
5 Oct 2026569
12 Oct 20261,527
19 Oct 2026831
26 Oct 2026538
2 Nov 202650

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 80% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version1.4.6
AuthorStéphane Bouey
Added24 Sep 2019
Last updated12 Oct 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress4.7
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.6
CategoryMultilingual & Accessibility > Translation & Multilingual Management
Tagsbilingual, translate, translation, localization, multilingual

Other plugins by this author: Falang for Elementor Lite, Falang for YOOtheme Lite, Falang for Divi Lite, Falang for WPBakery Lite, Falang Q Importer, Falang WPML importer

Questions

Is Falang multilanguage for WordPress still maintained?

Yes. Last release 12 Oct 2026, 18 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Falang multilanguage for WordPress, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer sbouey since Sep 2019.

Was Falang multilanguage for WordPress removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Falang multilanguage for WordPress safe?

10 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 1.4.6). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Falang multilanguage for WordPress update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.4.6. No one-star spike after it.

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