Title: Language Downloader Author: Brandon Kraft Published: September 9, 2014 Last modified: October 10, 2023 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/language-downloader/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3439077) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/language-downloader/assets/icon.svg?rev=3439077) # Language Downloader By [Brandon Kraft](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kraftbj/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/language-downloader.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/language-downloader/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/language-downloader/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/language-downloader/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/language-downloader/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/) ## Description Allows for on-the-fly downloading of new translations using WordPress 4.0 Translation API improvements. ### Thanks A special thanks to all who have contributed to development. #### Code Contributions * Ryan Duff ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Language Downloader Allows for on-the-fly downloading of new translations using WordPress 4.0 Translation API improvements. ## Installation 1. Upload contents of the directory to /wp-content/plugins/ (or use the automatic installer) 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Visit Tools->Language Downloader and select a language to download. 4. Once downloaded, you can switch to the language via Settings->General ## FAQ ### This plugin is lacking! Yup. It’s a quick plugin to add this functionality to WordPress. It is in active development and improvements are coming. I fully expect Core to offer something better than this directly in 4.1. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Language Downloader” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Brandon Kraft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kraftbj/) [Translate “Language Downloader” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/language-downloader) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/language-downloader/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/language-downloader/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/language-downloader/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/language-downloader/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.4 * Move block.json to subdir. #### 0.3 * Add block.json metadata file. #### 0.2 * First quasi-public release. ## Meta * Version **0.4** * Last updated **3 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.0.38** * Tags * [languages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/languages/)[translation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/translation/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/language-downloader/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Brandon Kraft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kraftbj/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/language-downloader/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.brandonkraft.com/donate/)