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Actively maintained Tested with WP 7.1 #1 in capito

Easy Language

Simplify your website into easy or plain language - supported by AI.

Active installs100+100+ tier
Downloads · 30d868▲ +23.3% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score60/100Fair
All-time downloads11KSince Jun 2023
Support resolved0 / 10% in last 2 months
RequiresWP 6.0PHP 8.1+
Downloads · 7d156▼ -10.9% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

Easy Language works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.

  • Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
  • Momentum — downloads up 23.3% vs the previous 30 days
  • Small user base (100+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • Needs PHP 8.1 or newer

Daily downloads

234770Jul 11Aug 24Oct 8
Yesterday24
Daily average (1y)14
Peak day94Aug 14, 2026
Last 12 months5.2K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Easy Language stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
capito #1 1 Best capito plugins →
easy language #3 4,237 Best easy language plugins →
Leichte Sprache #1 2 Best Leichte Sprache plugins →
simplify #61 1,803 Best simplify plugins →
summ ai #1 1 Best summ ai plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 3.2100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Easy Language

From the official readme · v3.2.3

Description

Simplify your website into easy or plain language – supported by AI.

The Plugin Easy Language adds the functionality to simplify and display your pages and posts into easy or plain language. The translation process can be manual or support by an AI-engine.

Automatic simplification with AI

To auto-translate your text, you can use the service (API) from

Requirements

If you want to use SUMM AI, capito or ChatGpt you need an API key for their respective API. Please contact their websites for more information.

Highlights

With capito and SUMM AI it is possible to simplify up to 9000 characters FREE OF CHARGE. An API key is required for Capito.

Features

  • Simplify your contents into easy or plain language
  • Auto-simplify using the API of SUMM AI, capito or OpenAI (ChatGPT)
  • Edit your simplified contents manually
  • Add a language switcher by shortcode at any position on your website
  • Multisite support
  • Own role for users to only simplify texts

Compatible with many page builders

  • Avada
  • Avia
  • Beaver Builder
  • Block Editor (Gutenberg)
  • Bold Page Builder
  • Breakdance Builder
  • Brizy
  • Classic Editor
  • Divi
  • Elementor
  • Kubio
  • Salient
  • SeedProd
  • SiteOrigin
  • Themify
  • Visual Composer
  • WPBakery

Compatible with multilingual-plugins

  • WPML
  • Polylang
  • Sublanguage
  • TranslatePress

Compatible with other plugins

  • Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
  • Custom Post Type UI (CPTUI)

The plugin has not been tested with all available plugins. It is expected to be compatible with most of them.

Repository, documentation and reliability

We also provide Shortcodes as documented here.

You find some documentations on this plugin page and in GitHub.

The development repository is on GitHub.

Each release of this plugin will only be published if it fulfills the following conditions:

  • PHPStan check for possible bugs
  • Compliance with WordPress Coding Standards
  • No failures during PHP Compatibility check

Installation

  1. Upload “easy-language” to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
  3. Go to the plugin settings and choose the API you want to use.
  4. Start to simplify your website.

Changelog

3.2.3

  • Updated dependencies
  • Changed styling of custom buttons in settings for better visibility in WordPress 7.x
  • Fixed the wrong version number in the WordPress repository

older changes

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Choose your API
Choose your API
Configure your SUMM AI API Key
Configure your SUMM AI API Key
Request simplification of a text
Request simplification of a text

For developers

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FAQ

Easy Language: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 9, 2026

Is Easy Language free?

Yes. Easy Language is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Easy Language safe to use in 2026?

Easy Language works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Easy Language?

Easy Language is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 10,982 times since it launched in June 2023. It was downloaded 868 times in the last 30 days.

Does Easy Language work with WordPress 7.1?

Yes. The developer has tested Easy Language up to WordPress 7.1.3, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.0 or newer.

What PHP version does Easy Language need?

Easy Language requires PHP 8.1 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Easy Language last updated?

The latest version, 3.2.3, was released on August 13, 2026 (2 months ago).

Who makes Easy Language?

Easy Language is developed and maintained by laolaweb.

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