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LWS Cleaner
A simple broom that is starting to lose its bristles.
HealthyGrowing
82/100
Users like the simple cleaning tools despite a broken files section and lack of updates.
Active installs
~70,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.8★
15 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+18%
Growing
103 → 122 installs/day
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 · +18% in the last year
103/day a year ago→122/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLWS Cleaner is a well-regarded site-cleaning utility that users find simple and effective, though concerns about lack of updates and a broken Files section suggest the plugin may be losing active maintenance.
What people like
- +Handles revisions thoroughly, including for unregistered post types, with a single button to remove all of them
- +Works correctly on multisite sub-sites where other plugins fail
- +Easy to use×3
Common complaints
- −Plugin appears to not be receiving updates, raising concerns about long-term maintenance
- −The Files section is broken, showing an infinite spinner with no result
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.80★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 15 total
Latest reviews · 15 analyzed
- 2026-05-08★★★★★Does exactly what it says on the boxmyokonagano
- 2026-01-16★★★★★Nettoye gratuitementpocus000
- 2025-11-14★★★★★Nice and simple pluginEdward Bedarev
- 2025-11-03★★★★★Great Plugin!!!jorgeloera
- 2025-09-15★★★★★This plugin is brilliant!Will Jackson
- 2025-07-10★★★★★Deletes revisions of unregistered post types tootechnicalx
- 2025-07-09★★★★★Files section brokenprimerpizza
- 2025-05-27★★★★★Works Great:)tinaponting
- 2025-04-23★★★★★Coolbd371
- 2024-12-11★★★★★Top pluginjeamis
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to LWS 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.
126
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
120
Prior 7-day baseline
118
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
15,513
Mean release-day peak (30d)
126
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+5.0%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.34
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-60%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.80 → 4.80★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered