10 Best Image Cleanup Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Image Cleanup has 1,000+ 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 Image Cleanup
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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 clean tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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5.0 (41) 2,000+ active installsEasy WP Cleaner is user friendly plugin to clean unnecessary data from WordPress database and also allows you to optimize your WordPress database.
Shares the clean tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated October 8, 2025.
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Advanced WordPress Reset – Debug, Recover & Reset WP
4.9 (1,233) 10,000+ active installsThe ultimate solution for resetting your WordPress database or specific components to their default settings using the advanced reset features.
Shares the clean tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 3.5, last updated 18 days ago.
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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 tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 3.5, last updated 21 days ago.
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Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More!
4.1 (38) 5,000+ active installsThe Media Hygiene plugin removes unused media from the WordPress library to free up space, reduce clutter, and improve server performance.
Shares the clean tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated May 25, 2026.
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4.8 (153) 10,000+ active installsGet rid of duplicate posts and pages (any post type) on your blog with manual or automatic modes.
Shares the cleanup tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.5, last updated June 19, 2026.
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4.7 (58) 8,000+ active installsAdvanced management for images, register new sub-sizes, sub-sizes details, regenerate and cleanup files.
Shares the cleanup tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 3.5, last updated June 14, 2026.
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4.9 (49) 10,000+ active installsDelete the revisions of a post one by one or all at once, from the block editor, the classic editor or a bulk action.
Shares the cleanup tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated today.
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Freesoul Deactivate Plugins
Paid version availableFreesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages
4.8 (104) 8,000+ active installsLoad plugins only where you need them. No bloat, no conflicts, more speed. Deactivate plugins where they don't add anything useful.
Shares the cleanup tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.5, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.6 (25) 9,000+ active installsPlugin that tracks autoloaded options usage and allows the user to optimize them.
Shares the cleanup tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated March 11, 2026.
Switching from Image Cleanup: common questions
What is the best alternative to Image Cleanup?
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 Image Cleanup alternative has the most users?
Advanced WordPress Reset, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Image Cleanup 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 Image Cleanup 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 Image Cleanup 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 Image Cleanup 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 Image Cleanup by the data we track, and Advanced WordPress Reset has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Simple Revisions Delete shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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