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Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions
A powerful cleaner that might accidentally delete your entire website.
HealthyGrowing
75/100
The plugin cleans databases effectively but carries a risk of breaking sites or causing timeouts.
Active installs
~65,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
4.7★
181 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+37%
Growing fast
79 → 109 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 fast · +37% in the last year
79/day a year ago→109/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayOptimize Database after Deleting Revisions is a well-regarded, lightweight database cleanup tool that delivers real performance gains for many users, but carries a meaningful risk of breaking sites or causing timeout errors for others.
What people like
- +Effectively reduces database size and can deliver noticeable page speed improvements, especially on sites with years of accumulated revisions×3
- +Supports scheduled/automatic optimization runs without manual intervention×3
- +Easy to set up with minimal configuration required×3
- +Responsive developer support when issues arise
- +Granular settings allow fine-tuned control over what gets deleted
Common complaints
- −Can break WordPress entirely — reported cases of misconfigured database references making it impossible to save data, install, or uninstall plugins×2
- −Causes timeout errors during the optimization process with no built-in safeguard against them
- −One user reported the plugin adding unauthorized database users and redirecting the site's home URL to a spammy address
- −Can consume an extremely high number of database operations in a single run, potentially hitting host-imposed limits and blocking other processes like restoring backups
- −No guidance on recommended run frequency provided in the plugin
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.53★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 3%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
2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 181 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-12-17★★★★★Easy to use with great resultsAnthony Hortin
- 2024-09-02★★★★★Does the job!copytrans
- 2024-05-09★★★★★Don't do it :) You've been warned…⠚⠁⠗⠇
- 2023-05-02★★★★★I consider Optimize Database an essential plugin for every website.Das Capitolin
- 2022-11-29★★★★★Excellentwpprup
- 2022-06-07★★★★★Perfect, simple, clearnovakpeter
- 2021-07-08★★★★★I like this pluginyevhenwordpress1-shot
- 2021-04-17★★★★★TOP Plugineerkan
- 2021-02-21★★★★★Works as ScheduledChris
- 2020-11-22★★★★★Good plugin but leads to ongoing time-out errorsPlugins and Snippets
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions
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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.
125
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
109
Prior 7-day baseline
106
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
129
Mean release-day peak (30d)
130
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+14.7%
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
2.77
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.54 → 4.53★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered