Best database cleanup plugins for WordPress
The most popular database cleanup plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Enhanced Autoload Manager (600+) and Cleanup Duplicate Meta (200+). All 24 plugins tagged “database cleanup” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 database cleanup plugins
- 1.
Optimize Database after Deleting RevisionsThe most installed database cleanup plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 181 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Enhanced Autoload Manager600+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Cleanup Duplicate Meta200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.
Time-based Revision Cleanup100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 days ago.
- 5.
Duplicate and Auto Draft Cleaner100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
EHERO Cleaner20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
CoreMaintainFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Database Optimizer & Site MigrationFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 9.
SmartProductSEO Media Library CleanupFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
ColdstashFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 24 plugins tagged “database cleanup”
Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions
Up in the last 7 days:1#689by NerdPress5 months ago
One-click database optimization with precise revision cleanup and flexible scheduling. Speeding up sites since 2011!
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.7(181)
- Downloads
- 146/day
Enhanced Autoload Manager
Down in the last 7 days:65#8,161by Rai Ansar4 months ago
Enhanced Autoload Manager - A sleek plugin to manage and optimize autoloaded data in your WordPress database, with a modern and intuitive interface.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Cleanup Duplicate Meta
Down in the last 7 days:43#12,684by Tonya Mork11 years ago
Cleanup Duplicate Meta gives you a tool to check for and delete duplicate Post and/or User Meta entries in the database tables.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Time-based Revision Cleanup
Down in the last 7 days:9#15,211by Michael Sablone2 days ago
Keep the history. Lose the clutter. Retain WordPress revisions by age, not count, with optional scheduled cleanup.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Duplicate and Auto Draft Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:1,045#16,440by Mainul Kabir Aion8 months ago
Clean auto-drafts and duplicate posts with manual controls, scheduled cleanup, activity logs, and safer delete confirmation.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
EHERO Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:409#25,901by cehero2 months ago
Clean your WordPress database safely in one click. Remove expired transients, old revisions, spam comments, orphaned metadata and more.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CoreMaintain
Up in the last 7 days:22,496#50,899by iflairwebtechnologies10 days ago
CoreMaintain helps you keep your WordPress website fast, clean, and secure from one centralized dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Database Optimizer & Site Migration
Down in the last 7 days:157#53,526by Jet Vault Dev5 months ago
WordPress database optimizer & site migration, one-click backup and restore. Cache cleaner included for a leaner, healthier WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SmartProductSEO Media Library Cleanup
#55,376by jolizzie2 months ago
Safely find, review, restore, and clean unused WordPress media files with a review-first cleanup workflow.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Coldstash
#57,323by Narek11 days ago
Archive old WooCommerce orders out of the live order tables. Restore any order anytime, nothing deleted, Analytics reports unchanged.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
MLX Orphaned Cart for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:2,415#60,803by modulux4 months ago
Don't let sales slip away. Automatically recover abandoned WooCommerce carts with a lightweight, privacy-focused tool.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Powerups for WooCommerce
#64,105by SmartWP Plugins3 days ago
Find an order by phone or SKU, see every email your store sent, turn guest orders into accounts, and fill the other gaps in the WooCommerce admin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 73/day
Database Cleaner
#64,254by WPCodeForge1 month ago
Inspect, clean and maintain your WordPress database with tools for revisions, metadata, transients, options, cron jobs and database tables.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LumenThemes Backup
Down in the last 7 days:2,193#64,385by Lumen Themes8 days ago
Safe local backups and restores: a safety backup before every restore, sealed archives, scheduling, and a built-in database and image optimizer.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 31/day
Astricode Ops
#64,841by astricode28 days ago
Block spam registrations, inspect and clean WordPress data with reversible database quarantine, review autoloaded options, and convert images to WebP.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nextial Order Archive
Down in the last 7 days:11,850#68,082by nextial2 days ago
Archive old orders automatically and keep the WooCommerce Orders screen fast (HPOS). Search archived orders and restore any order in one click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 57/day
LogicalFrame SiteOps
Down in the last 7 days:12,271#68,141by logicalframe3 months ago
Local-first WordPress operations tools for content, media, cleanup, login protection, activity logging, and scheduling.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Volixta Database Manager
Down in the last 7 days:15,995#68,424by VOLIXTA TEAM7 days ago
WordPress database manager, cleaner and optimizer. Browse and edit tables, manage WP options, remove unnecessary data and improve database health.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ShiftDB
#70,084by quberiqtechnologies6 days ago
Manage your WordPress database with safe search and replace, recovery snapshots, cleanup, table optimization, and autoload analysis.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 35/day
Aims Quick Cleanup Tools
Down in the last 7 days:9,983#72,451by Aims Infosoft2 months ago
A fast and simple one-click toolset to clean, repair, and optimize your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SpeedX Database Cleaner
#72,576by SpeedX18 days ago
A lightweight, no-bloat WordPress database cleaner. Remove unwanted records manually, with clear statistics and no unnecessary features.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Attic
#73,316by Bishal Shrestha1 month ago
Fix Site Health's "autoloaded options" warning and clear out junk left by deleted plugins. Quarantined first, undoable for 30 days.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FBS Secure Optimize
#73,497by Fazle Bari8 days ago
Modular speed optimization, database & autoload cleaner, HTTP security headers, login brute-force shield, and 6-layer malware scanner.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Biddut Revision Cleaner
#73,902by Shahriar Ahmed Biddut2 months ago
Smart, Safe & Modern Revision Management for WordPress. Control, clean, and optimize post revisions safely without risking data loss.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day