Best sanitizer plugins for WordPress
The most popular sanitizer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Uploaded file name sanitizer leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of The Definitive URL Sanitizer (10+) and Hogan Automatic AI (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “sanitizer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 sanitizer plugins
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Uploaded file name sanitizerThe most installed sanitizer plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 2.
The Definitive URL Sanitizer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 3.
Hogan Automatic AIFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “sanitizer”
Uploaded file name sanitizer
Down in the last 7 days:105#31,090by devliudaseu10 years ago
Replaces uploaded file name chars which are not in \'a-z\', \'0-9\' and \' \'(space) range.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
The Definitive URL Sanitizer
Up in the last 7 days:63#31,917by dmnet14 years ago
The Definitive URL Sanitizer is a simple plugin that really sanitizes posts URL
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hogan Automatic AI
Down in the last 7 days:9,399#67,233by Rahul2 months ago
A content cleanup and review tool for administrators who want to identify and remove common AI-style artifacts from selected WordPress posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day