Best prune plugins for WordPress
The most popular prune plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Auto Prune Posts leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Prune WooCommerce Orders (200+) and Prune Users (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “prune” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 prune plugins
- 1.
Auto Prune PostsThe most installed prune plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 10 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Prune WooCommerce Orders200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Prune Users10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “prune”
Auto Prune Posts
Down in the last 7 days:35#6,433by 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
Prune WooCommerce Orders
Up in the last 7 days:121#12,864by Sean Conklin1 year ago
Adds tools to the WP Admin > WooCommerce > Status > Tools page to move all orders of the selected status and cutoff date into the trash, wher …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Prune Users
Up in the last 7 days:2,349#45,487by ryanmc16 years ago
This will allow administrators to prune out old users that have never contributed to the blog with either a comment or a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day