WUCO – WP Ultimate Cleanup & Optimization
by pranacoder · Performance
WUCO aka WP Ultimate Cleanup & Optimization, a free easy to use yet effective plugin designed to help you keep your MySQL database clean.
41 health vs 70 average across 479 Performance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4089 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
21
now · peak 58
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,366 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-18 20+ → 10+ down after 323 days in band
- 2024-11-29 30+ → 20+ down after 54 days in band
- 2024-10-06 20+ → 30+ up after 28 days in band
- 2024-09-08 30+ → 20+ down after 9 days in band
- 2024-08-30 20+ → 30+ up after 24 days in band
- 2024-08-06 30+ → 20+ down after 107 days in band
- 2024-04-21 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-04-20 30+ → 20+ down after 66 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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WP-Sweep 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Templ Optimizer 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
SweepPress: Website Cleanup and Optimization 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B - W WP-Cleanup 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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