Best transients plugins for WordPress
The most popular transients plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Database Cleaner leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Delete Expired Transients (4K+) and WP Healthcheck (1K+). All 34 plugins tagged “transients” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 transients plugins
- 1.Database Cleaner
The most installed transients plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 150 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Delete Expired Transients4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.WP Healthcheck
1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Supervisor100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.Flush Transients
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Aparimitlabs Database Metrics80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
GLOBUS Debug Control60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.Debug Bar Transients
30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 9.
Fand Transient and Action Cleaner30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
EHERO Cleaner20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 34 plugins tagged “transients”
Database Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,113by Jordy Meow10 days ago
Clean up and optimize your WordPress database: revisions, transients, autoload, orphaned data. Built for large databases, safe and fast.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(150)
- Downloads
- 512/day

Delete Expired Transients
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,227by webaware2 months ago
Delete old, expired transients from WordPress wp_options table
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 32/day
WP Healthcheck
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,475by Tiago Hillebrandt3 months ago
WP Healthcheck is a plugin to check the health of your WordPress install.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Supervisor
Down in the last 7 days:122#14,663by Tiago Hillebrandt1 year ago
Supervisor is a powerful plugin designed to enhance both the performance and security of your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flush Transients
Up in the last 7 days:216#15,508by Felix Arntz2 months ago
This plugin allows you to flush WordPress transients, plain and simple.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Aparimitlabs Database Metrics
Up in the last 7 days:63#17,579by Aparimit Labs2 months ago
Monitors real-time DB queries, execution time, autoloaded wp_options size, and safely purges expired transients with zero performance footprint.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GLOBUS Debug Control
Up in the last 7 days:116#19,402by Yevhen Leonidov6 months ago
WordPress debug toolkit: filter errors, toggle WP_DEBUG, view error logs, monitor cron, transients, HTTP requests, and more.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Debug Bar Transients
Down in the last 7 days:563#23,978by Dominik Schilling10 years ago
Debug Bar Transients adds a new panel to Debug Bar that displays information about WordPress transients.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Fand Transient and Action Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:251#24,566by Florence ANDROLUS2 months ago
Clean up your database by removing expired transients and cumbersome Action Scheduler logs. Optimize your performance with one click.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/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

Transients
Down in the last 7 days:242#28,224by Ariel8 months ago
Inspect, edit, and delete WordPress transients from Tools -> Transients.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MAKcubes
#29,582by Mohammed Kassem2 months ago
A lightweight utility plugin to clear WordPress core caches such as transients and object cache.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
0 Day Analytics
#30,809by Golemiq1 month ago
All-in-one WordPress debug & operations toolkit: error log manager, PHP fatal tracker, cron & transient manager, mail logger, traffic analytic …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Digital Downloads
#32,766by Syed Balkhi10 years ago
Provides an option for customers to easily renew all license keys. Requires Software Licensing for Easy Digital Downloads
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

HTL Clear All Cache
Up in the last 7 days:31,155#38,132by hashtechlogictoday
Clear your WordPress cache in one click: plugin cache, transients, object cache (Redis) and popular cache plugins, with logs and auto-clearing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Force Transient Refresh
Up in the last 7 days:2,183#45,451by Zach Wills11 years ago
Clear all transients by adding a query string parameter (?ftr) to whatever URL you are trying to load. Not for use in production.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clean Expired Transients
#46,855by Milan Dinić7 years ago
Safest and simplest transients garbage collector.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Store Check-Up and Fix-Up for WP-eCommerce
#47,035by Jeffrey Schutzman12 years ago
Provides details on your WP-eCommerce and WordPress installation state, issues and performance.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Dejunk DB
Up in the last 7 days:24,313#49,142by Muhammad Abdullah1 month ago
Clean, optimize, and speed up your WordPress database by securely removing revisions, auto-drafts, orphaned meta, and unused data.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Harvify Database Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:15,656#52,577by harv1 day ago
Scan and clean your WordPress database, with a dry-run preview before anything is deleted. Pro adds daily scheduling and one-click rollback.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Performant Transients
#53,436by Peter Wilson1 year ago
Reduce the number of database calls querying transients.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

CodeCaste Database Cleaner & Optimizer
#54,137by CodeCaste1 month ago
Find out what's making your WordPress database large, identify potentially unnecessary data, and safely clean it after review.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nyaclean
Up in the last 7 days:12,944#56,614by ikedajapan2 days ago
A gentle automatic cleanup cat with safe expired-transient cleaning, optional old spam/revision cleanup, scheduled runs and clear results.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 42/day
360 Orbit Database Cleaner
#57,438by Jörg Liwa5 days ago
Shows which options load on every page request and cleans up expired transients and old revisions, always with a preview first.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 60/day
Feathersweep Database Cleanup
Up in the last 7 days:1,902#59,386by lightningbyrd1 month ago
The database janitor that knows what it is looking at. Cleans background-queue bloat, expired transients, trash and spam. Dry run first, always.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Glatch Database Table Optimizer
#62,524by Yuki Sugitani6 months ago
Safely delete unnecessary data from your WordPress database to improve performance. A developer-focused plugin for database optimization.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PurgeForge
#62,778by haroondev21 days ago
Safely clean transients, orphaned meta, revisions, Action Scheduler logs, spam and old trash in small batches, on a schedule if you like.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DWV Database Bloat Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:652#67,224by umrdev3 days ago
Safely remove unnecessary data to optimize your database size and server response time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Hoeboe
Down in the last 7 days:4,192#67,313by Twice Two Media6 years ago
Easily update WordPress transients in the background via AJAX to increase site speed and avoid long page load times. Hoeboe can be especially helpful …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

M7tawa Database Care
Down in the last 7 days:8,961#71,258by Ayman Abdullah1 month ago
A scan-first WordPress database cleanup and optimization tool with explicit confirmation, safety batching, and conservative cleanup rules.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DevLemon Cache Observatory
Down in the last 7 days:16,346#71,492by devlemon1 month ago
Inspect WordPress object cache, transients, cache drop-ins, and configuration with safe diagnostic tools.
- 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