Best cleaner plugins for WordPress
The most popular cleaner plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup) leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Log cleaner for Kadence Security (7K+) and Easy WP Cleaner (2K+). All 26 plugins tagged “cleaner” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 cleaner plugins
- 1.
Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup)The most installed cleaner plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 92 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Log cleaner for Kadence Security7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Easy WP Cleaner2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 41 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
whatwedo ACF Cleaner700+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
ZS Action Scheduler Optimizer300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
CleanTalk bbPress spam scanner200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Revision Cleaner100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 8.
WP Head Cleanup100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 9.
Spam Comment Remover100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
Upload Directory Cleaner50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 26 plugins tagged “cleaner”
Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup)
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,856by Vladimir Garagulya2 months ago
Find and delete unused database tables belong to deactivated or deleted plugins directly from WP dashboard.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(92)
- Downloads
- 82/day
Log cleaner for Kadence Security
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,499by Michael Ott3 days ago
Restores the ability to manually delete Kadence Security (formerly Solid Security / iThemes Security) logs from the database.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 249/day
Easy WP Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:22#4,895by Nikunj Soni1 year ago
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+
- Rating
- 5.0(41)
- Downloads
- 19/day
whatwedo ACF Cleaner
#7,677by whatwedo2 years ago
Cleanup old metadata created by Advanced Custom Fields.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ZS Action Scheduler Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:42#10,649by Zafer Oz2 months ago
Optimize Action Scheduler by cleaning completed, failed, and canceled actions, truncating logs, and controlling the retention period.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
CleanTalk bbPress spam scanner
Down in the last 7 days:15#12,642by CleanTalk Inc1 month ago
Check existing bbPress topics for spam and move to trash all found spam.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Revision Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:88#13,351by Zhuo13 years ago
This plugin will clean up your revisions AUTOMATICALLY (each authors can set their own interval). Once setup, ENJOY your writing.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Head Cleanup
#14,034by nablasol1 year ago
WP Head Cleanup helps you to remove unnecessary extra links from the page header.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam Comment Remover
Down in the last 7 days:13#14,867by Sahil Dadwal11 months ago
Automatically remove spam comments without Akismet. Universal spam detection that blocks junk, hidden links, fake names, gibberish, and automated subm …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Upload Directory Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:54#20,590by Elias Lackner7 years ago
The UDC plugin allows you to scan and delete all unregistered files from your Wordpress upload directory.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Dashboard Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:10#21,299by gr8nilay2 years ago
The Admin can remove unwanted widgets from your WordPress Dashboard
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Autoload Cleaner & Analyser
Down in the last 7 days:101#21,780by Siby P Varkey5 months ago
Professional database analyzer. Detect hidden memory hogs, clean the wp_options table, and boost site performance safely.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP DB Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:143#28,070by Utkarsh10 years ago
A wordpress cleaner plugin to help find and remove orphan, duplicate and missing data.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MK Postmeta Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:695#28,273by Mert Kocakaya6 years ago
MK Postmeta Cleaner is a advanced clean postmeta tables trash.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AdminSanity
Down in the last 7 days:293#29,064by Tony Hayes1 year ago
AdminSanity brings sanity through sanitization to your WordPress Admin Area. Cleanly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product Media Cleaner for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:1,077#30,296by Marb DEV11 months ago
Clean unused WooCommerce product media safely. Keep logs of deleted images and clear them whenever needed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pro Uploads Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:140#30,542by Hemant Jodhani3 months ago
Scan and clean unused images from your WordPress uploads folder safely.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Media Cleaner for WP
Down in the last 7 days:760#32,282by Above Bits2 years ago
Media Cleaner for WordPress is an essential tool designed to streamline your WordPress media library. It efficiently removes unused media files.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatic SPAM Eraser
Down in the last 7 days:3,873#42,086by prondzyn1 month ago
The plugin is adding a new WP-Cron event which automatically removes all spam comments older than 7 days.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clear Dashboard Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:842#46,945by Nikson P J2 years ago
This plugin helps to clear all unwanted notifications from your WordPress dashboard, making it cleaner with a single click.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shakoor Media Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:13,543#53,957by shakoorwp8 months ago
The safest way to clean your WordPress Media Library. Isolate unused files in a secure Vault instead of deleting them blindly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
s404 Orphaned Attachment Scanner
Down in the last 7 days:4,900#61,890by surviving4044 months ago
Scan your WordPress Media Library for orphaned attachments and safely delete them to reclaim disk space.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SJF Cleaner
#62,643by sjfsolutions1 month ago
Free all-in-one WordPress cleanup tool for plugin leftovers, database cleanup, media duplicates, large files, transients, broken attachments and broke …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Old Comment Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:2,673#62,688by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)2 years ago
Clean up old comment data based on user-defined settings.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Assertivlogix Duplicate and Unused Media Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:3,162#64,386by Assertiv Logix1 month ago
Premium media management and cleanup tool for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DWV Database Bloat Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:652#67,224by umrdev3 days ago
Safely remove unnecessary data to optimize your database size and server response time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day