Best bin plugins for WordPress
The most popular bin plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Change Empty Trash Time leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Disable Trash (70+). All 3 plugins tagged “Bin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 bin plugins
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Change Empty Trash TimeThe most installed bin plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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Disable Trash70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
All 3 plugins tagged “Bin”
Change Empty Trash Time
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,948by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin adds a new setting in the last position of Settings > General, this option will allow you to select the days that WordPress take to emp …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Trash
Down in the last 7 days:192#19,047by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin removes the trash functionality from WordPress so that any content is deleted permanently.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day