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Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance
A seasoned pro for sweeping up your digital dust bunnies.
GrowingReview burst
83/100
This established tool effectively cleans database bloat while offering advanced features in its premium version.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.9★
1,923 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+103%
Growing fast
808 → 1,641 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR33% of reviews in one month (2026-04-05)
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +103% in the last year
808/day a year ago→1,641/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAdvanced Database Cleaner is well-regarded as a reliable, easy-to-use database optimization tool for WordPress, with no significant recurring complaints surfacing across the reviewed user base.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use×5
- +Effectively cleans and optimizes WordPress databases, including accumulated junk from old plugins and years of use×4
- +Useful for managing multiple sites and improving load times×2
- +Offers customization options that users feel surpass competing plugins×2
- +Responsive and excellent developer support
- +Useful for diagnosing and surfacing database issues for further action
Common complaints
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2026-02-042026-04-052026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,923 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★The swiss knife of database analysissupportic
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Excellent PluginjayPEG
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Works Greatrichardthai
- 2026-05-29★★★★★ExcelentVS4Net Sistemas
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Awesome supportRegina Ryerson
- 2026-05-23★★★★★Nice plugin!bangdanii1-shot
- 2026-05-22★★★★★Great plugin!lcpantoja
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Customization allows me to achieve a result that no other similar addon offers.belerefontis
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Excellent support from Younes and the Advanced Database Cleaner team.Sydney Contracting Engineers
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Unverzichtbaranbucco
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Advanced Database Cleaner
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,317
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,324
Prior 7-day baseline
980
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
16,764
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,317
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-0.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.36
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered