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Advanced Database Cleaner
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
100,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
8
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
4.9
out of 5, from 1,950 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
60.0%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is Advanced Database Cleaner and who is behind it?
Advanced Database Cleaner is a WordPress plugin in the “Admin and backup” category, made by Younes JFR.. It has been listed in the directory for 10 years, since 18 Sep 2015. Younes JFR. has 2 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 100,000 to 199,999 active installs it sits in the group of plugins with 100,000 to 999,999 installs; its last release came 8 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Clean database by deleting orphaned data such as 'revisions', 'expired transients', optimize database and more...”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sep 2026
When was Advanced Database Cleaner last released?
The last release of Advanced Database Cleaner came 8 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does Advanced Database Cleaner have?
Advanced Database Cleaner had 100,000 to 199,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 219 plugins had a higher band and 179 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant digit: 100,000 means at least 100,000 and at most 199,999.
Which WordPress version is Advanced Database Cleaner tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does Advanced Database Cleaner compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 28.3% of them had a more recent last release than Advanced Database Cleaner; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Metric | Advanced Database Cleaner | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 8 | median 12 |
| Rating | 4.9 (1,950) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 60.0% | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | advanced-database-cleaner |
|---|---|
| Author | Younes JFR. |
| Active installs | 100,000 to 199,999 |
| Last release | 8 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 |
| Rating | 4.9 out of 5 from 1,950 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 3 of 5 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 18 Sep 2015 |
| Total downloads | 2,968,056, updates included |
| Tags | clean, database, optimize, performance, postmeta |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| clean | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| database | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| optimize | 20 | 5 | 11 |
| performance | 65 | 18 | 11 |
| postmeta | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2015
Advanced Database Cleaner has been listed since 18 Sep 2015. Of the 201 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2015, 83.1% had a release within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
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|---|---|---|---|
| AMP | 400,000 to 499,999 | 505 days before the reference date | 3.8 (367) |
| Aruba HiSpeed Cache | 100,000 to 199,999 | 66 days before the reference date | 3.0 (10) |
| Autoptimize | 800,000 to 899,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.7 (1,428) |
| Breeze Cache | 300,000 to 399,999 | 18 days before the reference date | 3.6 (126) |
| Cache Enabler | 100,000 to 199,999 | 179 days before the reference date | 4.3 (139) |
| Custom Fonts | 400,000 to 499,999 | 4 days before the reference date | 4.3 (62) |
| Disable and Remove Google Fonts | 100,000 to 199,999 | 43 days before the reference date | 4.5 (46) |
| Jetpack Boost | 200,000 to 299,999 | 11 days before the reference date | 4.7 (607) |
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hafenstudios (2026): Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/advanced-database-cleaner/
Source and reference date
All values come from a complete retrieval of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself; see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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