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Best database plugins for WordPress

The most popular database plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Regex leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of WP-Sweep (100K+) and Advanced Database Cleaner (100K+). All 362 plugins tagged “database” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 database plugins

  1. 1.
    Search Regex

    The most installed database plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 101 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    WP-Sweep

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 138 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Advanced Database Cleaner

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,962 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Go Live Update Urls

    90K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 59 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  5. 5.
    BackUpWordPress

    80K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,373 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  6. 6.
    Database Backup for WordPress

    60K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 66 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions

    60K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 181 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  8. 8.
    WP-DBManager

    50K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 95 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  9. 9.
    WP phpMyAdmin

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 58 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  10. 10.
    Search & Replace Everything by WPCode

    20K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 7 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

All 362 plugins tagged “database”