Native Gettext for WordPress is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 3 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Native Gettext for WordPress is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by colinleroy. With a rating of 5.0★ from 3 reviews.
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Native Gettext for WordPress is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 3 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by colinleroy — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (3) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Native Gettext for WordPress works
This plugin has no setting or UI. It just does one thing : use the php-gettext library to handle translations. This results in much faster translation than using the default PHP gettext implementation of WordPress.
If the extension is not available, the plugin will simply do nothing.
You can verify that the plugin is working by looking for an HTTP header: X-Native-Gettext: 1, that will be sent as soon as a string will be translated by the native library.
If your WordPress install is in English, this plugin has no purpose. Otherwise, it can help speed up your install quite a lot.
Requirements:
– php-gettext
– OS-level support for the locale(s) you want to translate to.
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What is Native Gettext for WordPress?
Native Gettext for WordPress is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 3 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by colinleroy.