whatwedo ACF Cleaner
by whatwedo · WordPress.org page
whatwedo ACF Cleaner has 800+ active installs on WordPress.org and 16,526 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on October 1, 2024, tested up to WordPress 6.6.7.
whatwedo ACF Cleaner at a glance
Is whatwedo ACF Cleaner well maintained?
whatwedo ACF Cleaner reviews and ratings
10 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Worked perfectly
Removed all entries for fields that no longer exist in ACF. Refreshingly easy.
MaryMak -
Really helpfull for dev
Really helpfull when developping/refactoring fields...Great jobs and thanks for it!
Alexsoluweb -
Does exactly what it says
Thank you very much, helps me trim a lot of fat from _postmeta table when building a new site.
Greg -
WP::$tool_menu_id is deprecated
Creation of dynamic property whatwedo\AcfCleaner\WP::$tool_menu_id is deprecated wp-content/plugins/whatwedo-acf-cleaner/class/class-wp.php:91
dimuchios84 -
Such a useful plugin for ACF. Is it abandoned though?
This plugin does a tremendous good job finding and cleaning old and obsolete custom fields from the database. A must-have for database cleanup after development. While it still works OK, it would be nice to see that it is actively maintained and updated. The notice on the plugin's main page on the WordPress repository can turn away many people from using it. This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. Devs, are you there?
Manou Allou -
Great for the anal-retentive among us
I have to admit, it was really bugging to know that I had all manner of ACF fields that I had replaced, reconfigured, abandoned etc. during the dev process, and when using any theme builder to assign ACF fields to various modules, I was seeing fields that I had long ago abandoned. In one case I went from a custom field in a CPT, to a taxonomy for that CPT, and I used the same name, so that field was still in the database with some values entered for it, and in my theme builder I saw two different field assignment options with the same name ;-( Yes, I could work around that, and it is not bringing my site to a crawl or anything to have the superfluous fields in there. But I was able to use this plugin to easily remove that field, along with a few others I knew I wanted to remove, and even some I had forgotten about. So kudos for giving folks like us a way to clean all this obsolete stuff out of the db.
altimac
Details
Cleanup old metadata created by Advanced Custom Fields.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- acf
- admin
- advanced custom fields
- cleaner
- cleanup
- Version
- 1.2.2
- Last updated
- Oct 1, 2024
- First published
- Feb 22, 2021
- Requires WordPress
- 5.5
- Tested up to
- 6.6.7
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
whatwedo ACF Cleaner FAQ
How many active installs does whatwedo ACF Cleaner have?
WordPress.org reports 800+ active installs for whatwedo ACF Cleaner as of September 7, 2026.
Is whatwedo ACF Cleaner still maintained?
The last release was on October 1, 2024, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is whatwedo ACF Cleaner free?
whatwedo ACF Cleaner is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.