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WP Sanitize : Auto WordPress Optimizer Plugin

by VibeThemes · Performance

Keep your WordPress Optimized and Secure 24x7

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 74 average across 345 Performance plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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.

33 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5379 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-53% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

24

now · peak 65

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

WP Sanitize · #21151 LiteSpeed Cache · #5 WP Fastest Cache · #49 W3 Total Cache · #71

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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈46

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
14.7y ago
Added
2011-10-25 · 14 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.7
Tested up to
3.2.1
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-28 50+ → 40+ down after 192 days in band
  2. 2025-12-18 60+ → 50+ down after 5 days in band
  3. 2025-12-13 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
  4. 2025-12-12 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-12-11 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
  6. 2025-12-08 60+ → 50+ down after 89 days in band
  7. 2025-09-10 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
  8. 2025-09-09 60+ → 50+ down after 6 days in band

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