10 Best Easy WP Cleaner Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Easy WP Cleaner has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Easy WP Cleaner
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Transient Cleaner
Closest match5.0 (23) 1,000+ active installsClean expired transients from your options table. The original and best!
Shares the cache, clean, database tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
- 2
5.0 (150) 10,000+ active installsUser-friendly tool to clean and optimize databases. Efficiently manages large databases, simplifying repair and ensuring peak performance.
Shares the clean, cleaner, database tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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Docket Cache – Object Cache Accelerator
4.9 (50) 20,000+ active installsSpeed up your WordPress site with a persistent object cache, powered by OPcache. An efficient alternative to Redis and Memcached.
Shares the cache, database tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated August 1, 2026.
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Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup)
4.4 (92) 10,000+ active installsFind and delete unused database tables belong to deactivated or deleted plugins directly from WP dashboard.
Shares the cleaner, database tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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4.8 (20) 10,000+ active installsManage OPcache inside your WordPress admin dashboard.
Shares the cache tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since February 27, 2025.
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WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
4.5 (155) 10,000+ active installsEverything you need for a faster website – smart optimization, advanced caching, adaptive images, WebP creation, script improvements, optional CDN del …
Shares the cache tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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PWA for WP – Progressive Web Apps Made Simple
4.6 (230) 20,000+ active installsPWA plugin is bringing the power of the Progressive Web Apps to the WP & AMP to take the user experience to the next level.
Shares the cache tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.9 (42) 10,000+ active installsEnable caching of the WordPress REST API and auto-flush caches upon wp-admin editing.
Shares the cache tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 25, 2026.
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4.6 (20) 10,000+ active installsAPCu statistics and management right in the WordPress admin dashboard.
Shares the cache tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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5.0 (50) 10,000+ active installsA fast persistent object cache backend for the rest of us, powered by SQLite and accelerated by APCu
Shares the cache tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
Switching from Easy WP Cleaner: common questions
What is the best alternative to Easy WP Cleaner?
Transient Cleaner is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Easy WP Cleaner alternative has the most users?
Docket Cache, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Easy WP Cleaner alternative is rated highest?
Database Cleaner, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 150 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Easy WP Cleaner alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Easy WP Cleaner score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Easy WP Cleaner on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Transient Cleaner is the closest match to Easy WP Cleaner by the data we track, and Docket Cache has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. WP Compress shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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