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Total downloads: 53,549
Active installs: 6,000
Total reviews: 23
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 10/27/2025 (65 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/6/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 65 days ago • 23 reviews

63/100

Is Language Fallback abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 65 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6

Ratings

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Developers

Bernhard Kau (Owner)14Bernhard Kau3

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Description

Starting with WordPress 4.3, you can use languages such as “Deutsch (Sie)” (formal German) in your WordPress installation. But if the themes or plugins you are using do not have a
translation file for this language, WordPress would use the default language, usually English, instead. With the help of this plugin, you can set a fallback for your chosen language.
Every time a translation file is loaded, the plugin will then load the fallback if a translation for the originally chosen language was not found.

A list of all my plugins can be found on the WordPress Plugin page on my blog kau-boys.com.

Installation

Install the plugin as usual from the plugins page on your dashboard (by search or uploaded ZIP file) or upload it with FTP. You should then choose your fallback language in “Settings > General”.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this plugin only work with formal German?

No. You can choose any fallback language that fits your original language. Think about fallbacks from “Spanish (Mexico)” to “Spanish”.

Do I need to manually install the fallback language?

No. The plugin will automatically download the fallback language if it is not already installed.

How can I report security bugs?

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

Review feed

Rene Maurer
2/17/2017

Awesome Plugin

This Plugin is awesome and works perfect.
Matt Jaworski
4/7/2020

Works like a charm

Great tool for falling back to Spanish (Spain) from partially (or not at all) translated Spanish versions like Mexico, Colombia etc.
Oliver Heinrich
3/10/2023

Effektive Sprachunterstützung mit Language-Fallback

Als Nutzer des WordPress Plugins "Language-Fallback" bin ich äußerst zufrieden mit der hervorragenden Unterstützung für mehrsprachige Websites. Die Funktion des Plugins, automatisch die Sprache einer Seite zu erkennen und eine entsprechende Fallback Sprache anzuzeigen, funktioniert einwandfrei und trägt dazu bei, dass Besucher aus verschiedenen Sprachregionen eine bessere Benutzererfahrung haben. Besonders beeindruckend finde ich, wie einfach das Plugin zu installieren und zu konfigurieren ist. Ich schätze auch die reibungslose Integration mit anderen WordPress-Plugins und -Themes. Es gab keinerlei Konflikte oder Probleme bei der Verwendung von Language-Fallback in Verbindung mit anderen Erweiterungen. Insgesamt kann ich das WordPress-Plugin Language-Fallback jedem empfehlen, der eine mehrsprachige Website betreibt oder betreiben möchte.

Screenshots

  1. Screenshot of the settings page

    Screenshot of the settings page

Changelog

2.1.1

  • Fix wrong version number in PHP file and readme
  • Time invested for this release: 10min

2.1.0

  • Add sanitize_callback for setting
  • Increment Tested up to
  • Add link to Patchstack in readme
  • Time invested for this release: 30min

2.0.1

  • Fix some minor Plugin Check issues
  • Increment Tested up to
  • Time invested for this release: 20min

2.0.0

  • Implement a solution for “_load_textdomain_just_in_time” function not loading the fallback “.mo” files
  • Time invested for this release: 150min

1.0.5

  • Increment Tested up to
  • Time invested for this release: 10min

1.0.4

  • Remove the languages folder and prepare the plugin for automated deployments
  • Time invested for this release: 10min

1.0.3

  • Implementing the fallback locales as an array
  • Time invested for this release: 10min

1.0.2

  • Bumping version number
  • Time invested for this release: 2min

1.0.1

  • Small bugfix for the filter
  • Time invested for this release: 15min

1.0.0

  • Initial release of the plugin
  • Time invested for this release: 200min
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