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Cruftless

Fewer than 10 installs · #62,670 most popular

Its stats
Closest match
wp_head() cleaner
Shares 2 of Cruftless's 4 tags.
Most installed
Header and Footer Scripts
200K+ active installs.
Best rated
Head & Footer Code
5.0 out of 5 from 51 reviews.
Most recently updated
Media Cleaner
Updated on Nov 3, 2026.
  1. wp_head() cleaner

    by jwilsson

    Remove unused tags from wp_head() output.

    Installs
    2K+
    Rank
    #4,436
    Rating
    5.0(6)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  2. WP Clean

    by Artem Sannikov

    Плагин WP-Clean предоставляет большое количество функций для оптимизации, безопасности и удаления лишних файлов (кода) в WordPress.

    Installs
    20+
    Rank
    #26,566
    Rating
    No ratings
    Updated
    3 years ago

    Sharescleanhead

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  3. Head Trimmer

    by John Dalesandro

    Selectively remove WordPress version information, feeds, shortlinks, emoji support, scripts, styles, and other automatically generated extras from the …

    Installs
    20+
    Rank
    #25,703
    Rating
    No ratings
    Updated
    4 months ago

    Sharescleanhead

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  4. Header and Footer Scripts

    by Anand Kumar

    Header and Footer Scripts plugin allows you to add scripts to WordPress site's and just before closing tag.

    Installs
    200K+
    Rank
    #247
    Rating
    4.6(58)
    Updated
    9 months ago

    Shareshead

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  5. Advanced Database Cleaner

    by Younes JFR.

    Clean database by deleting orphaned data such as 'revisions', 'expired transients', optimize database and more...

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #340
    Rating
    4.9(2K)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    Sharesclean

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  6. Head & Footer Code

    by Aleksandar Urošević

    Easy add site-wide, category and article specific custom code before the closing </head> and </body>, or after opening <body> tag.

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #306
    Rating
    5.0(51)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    Shareshead

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  7. Media Cleaner

    by Jordy Meow

    Find and delete unused images and media files, fix broken entries, with a trash to undo anything. A lighter, faster WordPress! 💕

    Installs
    90K+
    Rank
    #490
    Rating
    4.6(779)
    Updated
    5 days ago

    Sharesclean

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  8. Easy WP Cleaner

    by Nikunj Soni

    Easy WP Cleaner is user friendly plugin to clean unnecessary data from WordPress database and also allows you to optimize your WordPress database.

    Installs
    2K+
    Rank
    #4,895
    Rating
    5.0(41)
    Updated
    1 year ago

    Sharesclean

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  9. HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection)

    by farinspace

    HiFi is a head and foot injection plugin. It allows you to inject code into the head and foot areas of your posts and pages on a per-page basis.

    Installs
    2K+
    Rank
    #4,741
    Rating
    4.8(5)
    Updated
    16 years ago

    Shareshead

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  10. Image Cleanup

    by opicron

    Image Cleanup will index unreferenced images. These can be leftovers from cropping and scaling images. Stop them cluttering your content folder!

    Installs
    1K+
    Rank
    #6,152
    Rating
    3.5(63)
    Updated
    9 years ago

    Sharesclean

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  11. Transient Cleaner

    by David Artiss

    Clean expired transients from your options table. The original and best!

    Installs
    1K+
    Rank
    #5,444
    Rating
    5.0(23)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    Sharesclean

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  12. SweepPress

    by Milan Petrovic

    Remove unused, orphaned, duplicated data in your WordPress website using 55+ sweepers, manage and clean Options table, optimize database.

    Installs
    500+
    Rank
    #8,929
    Rating
    5.0(5)
    Updated
    16 days ago

    Sharesclean

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