Skip to content
PluginCanary

Language Fallback

by Bernhard Kau · 5,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 13 Sep 2026, 3 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

100/ 100 Canary Score

Based on 3 of 5 areas

Sub-scores for Language Fallback
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Language Fallback still maintained?
Yes. Last release 13 Sep 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months. 13 Sep 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Language Fallback, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer Kau-Boy since Aug 2015. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Language Fallback removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Language Fallback safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Language Fallback update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.1.1. No one-star spike after it. 27 Oct 2025 · 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
Kau-Boy6 Aug 2015 to 13 Sep 2026, 38 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2015.

Maintenance

Last release
52 days ago
Releases, 24 months
3
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Language Fallback
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20252
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 13 Sep 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.8.

Rating distribution
5 star22
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

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

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

5,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Language Fallback
4 May 202637
11 May 202678
18 May 202655
25 May 202688
1 Jun 202681
8 Jun 202685
15 Jun 2026119
22 Jun 202684
29 Jun 202672
6 Jul 202671
13 Jul 202660
20 Jul 202695
27 Jul 202695
3 Aug 2026107
10 Aug 2026113
17 Aug 2026118
24 Aug 2026110
31 Aug 2026128
7 Sep 2026151
14 Sep 2026156
21 Sep 2026140
28 Sep 2026163
5 Oct 2026135
12 Oct 2026144
19 Oct 2026231
26 Oct 2026191
2 Nov 202625

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 36% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.1.1
AuthorBernhard Kau
Added6 Aug 2015
Last updated13 Sep 2026
Active installs5,000+
Requires WordPress4.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.6
CategoryMultilingual & Accessibility > Translation & Multilingual Management
Tagslocale, Fallback, language, translation, localization

Other plugins by this author: Unique Title Checker, Hello World, Campaign Archive Block for Mailchimp, Embeds for ProvenExpert, SyntaxHighlighter Evolved: SASS Brush, WPMeetup Widget deutschsprachig, Kau-Boy's Comment Notification, qTranslate Exporter, First Post Full Length, Webring Manager

Questions

Is Language Fallback still maintained?

Yes. Last release 13 Sep 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Language Fallback, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer Kau-Boy since Aug 2015.

Was Language Fallback removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Language Fallback safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Language Fallback update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.1.1. No one-star spike after it.

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews and support forum, Wordfence Intelligence, CISA KEV, NVD.Plugin data refreshed 3 Nov 2026.Report a data issue