Best delete plugins for WordPress
The most popular delete plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Bulk Delete leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of Bulk Delete (30K+) and Simple Revisions Delete (10K+). All 81 plugins tagged “delete” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 delete plugins
- 1.
WP Bulk DeleteThe most installed delete plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 131 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Bulk Delete30K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 129 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Simple Revisions Delete
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 50 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
WP Favicon Remover10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.Delete Pending Comments
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 94 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 6.
Delete Me7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 24 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 7.Remove Author Pages
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 8.
Post Lockdown1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.Auto Prune Posts
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 10 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.Mass Delete Unused Tags
700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
All 81 plugins tagged “delete”

WP Bulk Delete
Up in the last 7 days:1#467by Xylus Themes2 months ago
Delete posts, pages, comments, users, taxonomy terms and meta fields in bulk with different powerful filters and conditions.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.6(131)
- Downloads
- 466/day

Bulk Delete
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,036by WebFactory2 months ago
Bulk delete posts, pages, users, attachments, and meta fields based on complex bulk conditions & filters.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.3(129)
- Downloads
- 182/day
Simple Revisions Delete
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,513by Brice Capobianco1 month ago
Delete the revisions of a post one by one or all at once, from the block editor, the classic editor or a bulk action.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(50)
- Downloads
- 182/day

WP Favicon Remover
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,851by Hiroaki Miyashita11 months ago
This plugin adds the functionality to remove the WordPress default favicon since WordPress 5.4.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 30/day
Delete Pending Comments
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,383by Sudar Muthu2 years ago
A quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. Useful for victims of spammer attacks.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(94)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Delete Me
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,622by cmc32152 years ago
Allow users with specific WordPress roles to delete themselves from the Your Profile page or anywhere Shortcodes can be used.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Remove Author Pages
Down in the last 7 days:31#4,403by Vinicius Braz Pinto9 years ago
Remove author pages and link authors to home page
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Lockdown
Up in the last 7 days:19#6,367by andyexeter1 month ago
Stop non-admin users trashing, deleting or unpublishing your site-critical posts and pages. Lock content down in seconds - no code required.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 65/day
Auto Prune Posts
Down in the last 7 days:16#6,413by ramon fincken1 year ago
Auto deletes expires (prunes) posts after a certain amount of time. On a per category basis (single category, or all at once.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Mass Delete Unused Tags
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,776by ramon fincken3 years ago
Deletes all unused tags, handy tool if you want to start over with a quick clean blog.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Never Let Me Go
Up in the last 7 days:6#9,743by Fumiki Takahashi19 days ago
If someone wants to leave your WordPress, let them go.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Force Delete Posts
Down in the last 7 days:35#11,407by Liam Stewart1 month ago
Deleting Posts has never been so fast! This lightweight plugin adds the ability for administrators to instantly delete posts by adding a Force Delete …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP Delete Post Copies
#12,299by etruel1 year ago
Delete duplicate posts by title or content, including attachments, with powerful filters. Supports manual and scheduled cleanups.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(6)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Remove Version Info
Down in the last 7 days:8#12,628by Ashkar1 year ago
Remove the version from your WordPress website completely, increasing security and thwarting potential hacks by hiding WordPress version information f …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Delete Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:141#14,540by David Sword9 years ago
Find and delete thumbnails & resized images from your Media Library
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Move to Trash from Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:117#15,415by Arroba Digital9 years ago
Move to Trash from Admin Bar plugin adds a Move to Trash Button to delete posts or pages from the WordPress Admin Bar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clean WP Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:80#15,480by sant0sk117 years ago
Easily remove any/all of the default WordPress dashboard widgets
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Menu Handler (EMH)
Down in the last 7 days:32#15,979by demigraphic11 years ago
Easy Menu Handler (EMH) provides you with a fast and user-friendly way to delete a single menu item or it's whole branch.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Style Stripper
Down in the last 7 days:17#17,823by ericjuden10 years ago
Removes all inline style tags from the content of posts/pages/custom post types.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Delete Duplicate Data
Up in the last 7 days:87#18,139by Varni Infotech12 years ago
Delete Duplicate Post, Page, Attachment and Custom Post
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.8(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Delete Spam Daily
Up in the last 7 days:168#18,175by brockangelo17 years ago
Uses wp_cron to delete comments each day that are marked "spam" in the database.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Confirm Publishing Actions
Up in the last 7 days:43#18,265by Peter J. Herrel11 years ago
Prompts a user to click a confirm button whenever he tries to submit, publish, update, schedule or delete a post.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Delete Own Admin Account
Down in the last 7 days:214#19,112by activity-log.com1 year ago
Adds a safe “Delete Own Account” action to an administrator’s own row in the WordPress Users list, enabling self-removal while preserving site integri …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

One Click Delete Page and Post
Up in the last 7 days:386#19,522by Magnathorax5 months ago
Adds a "Delete" item to the frontend admin bar next to the Edit link.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
AI Disable Comments
Up in the last 7 days:19#19,991by Andon Ivanov13 years ago
A quick way to disable or delete all approved, pending or spam comments and pings only with one click.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Media Wipe
Up in the last 7 days:1,098#20,051by Md. Nahid Hasan11 days ago
AI-powered WordPress media management with intelligent unused media detection and enterprise security. Transform your cleanup workflow!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mass Delete Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:225#20,303by ramon fincken3 years ago
Deletes all tags (or other taxonomies), handy tool if you want to start over with a quick clean blog.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Delete Inactive Themes and Extensions
#20,409by Mahedi Hasan9 months ago
A plugin to delete selected inactive themes and plugins except the active ones.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Complete Product Cleaner for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:332#21,617by Dhiraj Patra9 months ago
Bulk delete all WooCommerce products and images with safety features.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Upload Janitor
Down in the last 7 days:132#22,522by michaeltyson17 years ago
Clean up unused images and other files from your uploads folder.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prevent Users From Deleting Post and Pages
Down in the last 7 days:94#23,314by Ravi Shakya11 years ago
This plugin prevents users from deleting pages, posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

DevBrothers No Comments
Down in the last 7 days:90#26,574by DevBrothers4 months ago
Completely disable comments on your WordPress site. Remove all existing comments with one click.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mass Page Remover
Up in the last 7 days:72#26,950by wesg15 years ago
Mass Page Remover makes it easy to remove multiple pages at once.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Remove Media Library for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:175#27,259by webstilo7 years ago
This plugin removes images, videos, audios and documents from WordPress Media Library fast and easy.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Deleted Pages from Search Index
#27,445by Oliver Hancke3 years ago
A lightweight plugin that implements the 410 HTTP status code for deleted pages to inform Google that the pages should be removed from its search inde …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Unwanted Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:526#28,732by Presskopp5 months ago
Unwanted plugins and themes are automatically removed during WordPress core updates, or you can delete them manually at any time in your dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX Remove Unused Custom Fields
#29,451by Mario Peshev12 years ago
Delete the Custom Fields from your postmeta table where assigned posts no longer exist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.2(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Delete My Account for Ultimate Membership Pro
Up in the last 7 days:152#30,182by WPIndeed Development2 years ago
Every user from Ultimate Membership Pro may delete their profile account with this extension activated
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ByeUser
Up in the last 7 days:1,056#30,245by mofmof710 months ago
ByeUser - Self Service Account Deletion allows users to delete their own accounts via shortcode or profile page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bulk User Delete
#30,529by Gaurab1 year ago
A plugin to bulk delete users based on role, with post reassignment to the current user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
TIEmediahelper Media Library Tools
Down in the last 7 days:16#30,596by TIEro12 years ago
Find leftover files stored in the WP uploads directory tree which are missing from the Media Library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Media Cleanup
Up in the last 7 days:40,369#31,568by iftiarhossain1 month ago
Automatically deletes all associated media files when a post is permanently deleted.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Del-Post-Rev
Down in the last 7 days:603#31,876by keksus5 years ago
Delete post revisions
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Uninstall Yoast SEO
Down in the last 7 days:151#31,892by Ralph8310 years ago
Uninstall Yoast SEO deactivates Yoast SEO and then cleans up the WordPress database completely, leaving no traces of Yoast SEO behind.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.4(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Send Mail on User Delete
Down in the last 7 days:944#32,296by Arshad Hussain10 years ago
This plugin is used to send email notification to those users whose account has been deleted by admin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TIElogremover
#36,489by TIEro13 years ago
An extremely simple plugin which removes accumulated error log files from your web space.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Revision Cleaner
#37,532by Antonio D.7 years ago
This plugin provides simple handy tool for automatic cleaning database from old, non-relevant revisions on your web-site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Orbisius Blank Slate
Down in the last 7 days:208#37,729by Svetoslav Marinov13 years ago
This plugin allows you to delete content from your WordPress site/blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DeadDelete
Up in the last 7 days:6,349#39,051by PayDelete4 years ago
DeadDelete is a Wordpress Plugin that helps webmasters eliminate outdated content by trashing posts with source attribution URLs that no longer exist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP DeleteTags
Up in the last 7 days:1,797#39,350by msolution13 years ago
WP Tag Delete - Tag Assassin, is a simple yet powerful plugin to delete those unused and unwanted tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day