whatwedo ACF Cleaner

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ MaryMak

   3mo ago

   Removed all entries for fields that no longer exist in ACF. Refreshingly easy.

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2. ★★★★★ Alexsoluweb

   11mo ago

   Really helpfull when developping/refactoring fields…Great jobs and thanks for it!

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3. ★★★★★ Greg

   1.5y ago

   Thank you very much, helps me trim a lot of fat from _postmeta table when building a new site.

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4. ★★★★★ dimuchios84

   1.7y ago

   Creation of dynamic property whatwedo\AcfCleaner\WP::$tool_menu_id is deprecated wp-content/plugins/whatwedo-acf-cleaner/class/class-wp.php:91

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5. ★★★★★ Manou Allou

   2.2y ago

   This plugin does a tremendous good job finding and cleaning old and obsolete custom fields from the database. A must-have for database cleanup after development. While it still works OK, it would be nice to see that it is actively maintained and updated. The notice on the plugin’s main page on the WordPress repository can turn away many people from using it. This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. Devs, are you there?

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6. ★★★★★ altimac

   2.9y ago

   I have to admit, it was really bugging to know that I had all manner of ACF fields that I had replaced, reconfigured, abandoned etc. during the dev process, and when using any theme builder to assign ACF fields to various modules, I was seeing fields that I had long ago abandoned. In one case I went from a custom field in a CPT, to a taxonomy for that CPT, and I used the same name, so that field was still in the database with some values entered for it, and in my theme builder I saw two different field assignment options with the same name ;-( Yes, I could work around that, and it is not bringing my site to a crawl or anything to have the superfluous fields in there. But I was able to use this plugin to easily remove that field, along with a few others I knew I wanted to remove, and even some I had forgotten about. So kudos for giving folks like us a way to clean all this obsolete stuff out of the db.

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7. ★★★★★ Luke Williamson

   2.9y ago

   I found myself changing a lot of ACF fields recently that were deprecated or required different input formats – what I didn’t expect was that the old input data would be forever saved in the database (even after deleting those fields!). This plugin serves a great purpose to clean up old and unused data from your database, which means you can retain better database connection speeds and reduce database bloat. Awesome work and thank you. 👌

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8. ★★★★★ Tom Slominski

   3.1y ago

   Does what it says on the tin. I needed something to clear out ACF fields from a previous theme, and this did the job quickly and efficiently.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-07 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-04-06 800+ → 900+ up after 60 days in tier
3. 2026-02-05 900+ → 800+ down after 5 days in tier
4. 2026-01-31 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-01-30 900+ → 800+ down after 18 days in tier
6. 2026-01-12 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-01-11 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-01-10 800+ → 900+ up after 6 days in tier

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).

• A ACF qTranslate 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• Advanced Custom Fields: Typography Field 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO 100K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A

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whatwedo ACF Cleaner: 800+ active installs, 4.8★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/whatwedo-acf-cleaner