WP DB Cleaner
by Utkarsh · Uncategorized
A wordpress cleaner plugin to help find and remove orphan, duplicate and missing data.
41 health vs 55 average across 14,387 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3790 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
26
now · peak 60
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-25 30+ → 20+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2026-03-13 20+ → 30+ up after 808 days in tier
- 2023-12-26 30+ → 20+ down after 288 days in tier
- 2023-03-13 40+ → 30+ down after 58 days in tier
- 2023-01-14 30+ → 40+ up
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★ · 3 shared tags A - E Easy WP Cleaner 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B
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Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced WordPress Reset – Debug, Recover & Reset WP 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Database for Contact Form 7 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Transient Cleaner 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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