Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup)

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1. ★★★★★ Фёдор

   7mo ago

   Сделал, на раз два. Очень просто, слишком просто. Благодарствую за чудо плагин.

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2. ★★★★★ wupples

   1.3y ago

   Very useful plugin, and hopefully it will be updated soon.

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3. ★★★★★ nealumphred

   1.7y ago

   If you experiment with plugins—you know, trying eight of them out to pick the one that works for you—or you have been around for a while and have activated, deactivated, and deleted a bunch of plugins over the years, Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup) is for you.Complaint: This plugin has not been updated for more than three years, nor does the developer pay any attention to Support here. Nonetheless, Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup) keeps on working …

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4. ★★★★★ Niharika Verma

   2.1y ago

   It showed all the tables for inactive plugins. I was bit afraid but it safely removed the unused data. Good one.

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5. ★★★★★ veppa

   2.5y ago

   Love this plugin. Does what it says. Detects unused tables from deleted plugins and allows to delete them. If some tables with same prefix are not selectable you can use other database management software like phpmyadmin to delete them. Also be careful and always double check before deleting database tables.

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6. ★★★★★ oodall

   3.6y ago

   Thank

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7. ★★★★★ Victor Duse

   3.6y ago

   Thanks for a really nice plugin. I’ve used it on dozens of websites and it it works flawless. Here are a few suggestions for UX improvements that would make it five stars: Add a “Delete all unsused tables” button as a shortcut Make it possible to sort the rows by clicking “Table name”, “Records”, “KBytes” and “Plugin name” Display a summary of the amount of saved KBs after deleting unused tables. Keep upp the good work!

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8. ★★★★★ CharlesWorks

   3.8y ago

   This plugin is extremely simple to use and does exactly what it is supposed to do. I love being able to delete tables full of items left over from long removed plugins, making the database more compact and therefore speeding up the site. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by CharlesWorks. Reason: Wanted to check follow-up notification

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.14 Update: “Known plugins” JSON data files were moved from Amazon Web Services S3 to Yandex Cloud Object Storage. Update: “Delete Tables” button label was replaced with “Delete Selected Tables”. Update: Additional confirmat 0.14
2. — Version 0.15 Update: Full code refactoring to provide compatibility with PHP 8.4, WordPress 7.0 Update: Auto-refreshed “known plugins” data cache is now stored under wp-content/uploads/pgc-data/ instead of the plugin’s own directory, 0.15

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup) <= 0.14 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2026-08-06 CVE-2026-66686 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 0.14 Patched in 0.15

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.2

Translated into 119 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 95 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-29 20K+ → 10K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Database Cleaner 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• E Easy WP Cleaner 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP DB Cleaner 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• WP-Sweep 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup): 10K+ active installs, 4.4★ (92 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/plugins-garbage-collector