WP Bulk Delete

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 45% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

1. ★★★★★ Boris

   2mo ago

   This is just as simple, precise and effective as it is fast. I was worried about performance, and the plugin also warned out about the potential timeout. How was I wrong ! I tried 5000, then over 50k comments, all deleted at once in 2 clicks. Absolutely marvelous plugin.

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2. ★★★★★ johnsamwallace

   3mo ago

   Simple and effective, exactly what you want in a WP plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ SSmeredith

   3mo ago

   I love simple, lean, streamlined tools that are super useful. This is one of them. Thank you so much for saving me hours of work and not having to deal with the database directly 🙂

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4. ★★★★★ elizabethhereandnowdigital

   4mo ago

   A client didn’t have hardening enabled on their website and 14,000+ spam user registered on the website. With the free plugin I was able to delete all of the spam users easily in batches of 1000.Thank you for a great plugin!

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5. ★★★★★ Old Desert Lizard

   4mo ago

   Used it to get rid of 17,000+ spam users! Now it can rest in the background until I need it again. Had a site that collected a bunch of spam users (and no “real people”) over a couple of years. Turned off user registration, loaded up WP Bulk Delete, checked out the UI, made a test run of 500. No issues. From there, I dropped 1,000 users at a time, each set took just under 3 minutes. So took about an hour, but clean running, reliable.

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6. ★★★★★ JohnP

   4mo ago

   After wasting an hour or so trying to bulk delete JetPack form responses, this plugin took just a few minutes.

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7. ★★★★★ icandygraphics

   4mo ago

   I had a dumb question about the plugin and they responded right away (and were very kind about it). I got the Pro for the Woocommerce Has no Order feature and this saved me loads of time and prevented possibly deleting a real customer. I don’t like that I had to email them to turn off the renewal, but they got back to me right away.

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8. ★★★★★ abilitydesigns

   4mo ago

   A lifesaver. Excellent support too. This topic was modified 3 months ago by abilitydesigns.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.3 SECURITY: Improved security hardening and input sanitization. FIXED: Fatal error in certain metadata cleanup scenarios. 1.4.3
2. — Version 1.4.2 FIXED: AJAX error when deleting WooCommerce orders. ( Pro ) 1.4.2
3. — Version 1.4.1 ADDED: Real-time progress bar for batched deletion operations. ADDED: Cancel Deletion button to stop running operations. ADDED: Advanced Cleanup options allowing cleanup by separate post types (PRO). 1.4.1
4. — Version 1.4.0 ADDED: Delete Term by Meta Fields. ( PRO ) IMPROVEMENTS: Support for WP 7.0 IMPROVEMENTS: Added Support for PHP 8.5 and some design and security fixes 1.4.0
5. — Version 1.3.9 ADDED: Delete User by Display Name. ( PRO ) ADDED: Delete User by Nicename. ( PRO ) ADDED: Delete User by Login. ( PRO ) ADDED: Delete Comments by Authors Email. ( PRO ) ADDED: Delete Comments by Meta Fields. ( PRO ) 1.3.9
6. — Version 1.3.8 ADDED: Active/Pause button in schedule delete. ( PRO ) ADDED: Comment Description filter. ( PRO ) IMPROVEMENTS: User and Post meta key fields changed from input to dropdown. ( PRO ) 1.3.8

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

1. Medium · 4.9 WP Bulk Delete <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'delete_user_roles' Parameter ↗
   2026-07-15 CVE-2026-15727 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 1.4.2 Patched in 1.4.3
2. Medium · 4.3 WP Bulk Delete <= 1.3.6 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-08-27 CVE-2025-58192 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.3.6 Patched in 1.3.7
3. Medium · 6.1 WP Bulk Delete <= 1.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-09-30 CVE-2024-47352 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.1 Patched in 1.3.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 8 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-03-12 90K+ → 100K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-03-11 100K+ → 90K+ down after 25 days in tier
3. 2026-02-14 90K+ → 100K+ up after 192 days in tier
4. 2025-08-06 80K+ → 90K+ up after 165 days in tier
5. 2025-02-22 70K+ → 80K+ up after 260 days in tier
6. 2024-06-07 60K+ → 70K+ up after 14 days in tier
7. 2024-05-24 70K+ → 60K+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2024-05-20 60K+ → 70K+ up after 3 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).

• Bulk Delete 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 5 shared tags A
• D Delete User Media Files — installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
• Bulk Clean — installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
• WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Bulk Delete Users by Email 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Users Bulk Delete With Preview 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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WP Bulk Delete: 100K+ active installs, 4.6★ (130 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-bulk-delete