Upload Directory Cleaner
by Elias Lackner · Uncategorized
The UDC plugin allows you to scan and delete all unregistered files from your Wordpress upload directory.
45 health vs 60 average across 6,362 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2494 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
35
now · peak 88
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-20 60+ → 50+ down after 381 days in band
- 2025-05-04 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-04-26 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-23 70+ → 60+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-04-10 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-09 70+ → 60+ down after 93 days in band
- 2025-01-06 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-01-01 70+ → 80+ up after 12 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Database Cleaner 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A - E Easy WP Cleaner 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B
- U Upload Janitor 40+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-Sweep 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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