Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance vs WP-Sweep

Advanced Database Cleaner is a complete WordPress optimization plugin that helps you clean up database clutter and optimize database performance by removing unused data such as old revisions, auto drafts, spam comments, expired transients, unused post meta, duplicated post meta, unused user meta, etc. It is designed to help you improve website speed by reducing database bloat and ensuring a lean, efficient WordPress installation. It also provides detailed previews, powerful filters, and automation tools to safely control what gets cleaned. With the ✨Premium version✨, you can unlock even more advanced features, such as detecting and cleaning orphaned options, orphaned tables, orphaned post meta, orphaned user meta, orphaned transients, and orphaned cron jobs. It also gives you clear insights into how your database evolves over time through built-in analytics, lets you monitor plugin and theme activity to better understand when new data is created or when leftovers appear, and much more. Why use Advanced Database Cleaner❓ 👉 Get a clear overview: see how many tables, options, transients, cron jobs, metadata… records you have, and identify which are unused or orphaned. 👉 Save time: configure what to clean, how far back to keep data, and how often to run automations. The plugin will then handle recurring cleanups for you. 👉 Save space and improve performance: removing unnecessary data reduces database size, makes backups faster, and can improve query performance, especially on busy or older sites. ✅ Main Features Delete old revisions of posts and pages Delete old auto-drafts Delete trashed posts Delete pending comments Delete spam comments Delete trashed comments Delete pingbacks Delete trackbacks Delete unused post meta Delete unused comment meta Delete unused user meta Delete unused term meta Delete unused relationships Delete expired transients Delete duplicated post meta Delete duplicated user meta Delete duplicated comment meta Delete duplicated term meta Delete oEmbed caches Display the database size that will be freed before cleaning for each item type, and the total size to be freed Display and preview items to clean before performing a database cleanup to ensure safety Sorting capability in cleanup preview tables (by name, date, size, site id, etc.) View options value content in original or formatted mode for serialized or JSON structures (and other items types as well). Keep last X days of data: clean only data older than the number of days you specify ✅ Automation Schedule database cleanup to run automatically Create scheduled cleanup tasks and specify which items each task should clean Schedule database optimization and/or repair to run automatically Execute scheduled tasks based on several frequencies: once, hourly, twice a day, daily, weekly, or monthly Specify the “keep last X days” rule for each item type in a scheduled task Pause/Resume scheduled tasks whenever needed Create as many scheduled cleanup tasks as needed and specify what each task should clean ✅ Tables Display the list of database tables with information such as number of rows, table size, engine, etc. Sort tables by any column such as table name or table size Display table contents along with their column structure, indexes, status, and more Detect and filter tables with invalid prefixes (tables that do not belong to the current WordPress installation), this can be enabled or disabled from the settings page Optimize database tables (the plugin notifies you when tables require optimization) Repair corrupted or damaged database tables (the plugin notifies you when tables are corrupted) Convert tables to InnoDB for better performance Empty rows of database tables Clean and delete database tables ✅ Options Display the options list with information such as option name, option value, option size, and autoload status Sort options by any column such as option name or option size View option value content in original or formatted mode for serialized or JSON structures. Notify you if autoloaded options are large and help reduce autoload size for better performance Detect large options that may slow down your website Set option autoload to yes/no Clean and delete options ✅ Cron Jobs Display the list of active cron jobs (scheduled tasks) with information such as arguments, action, next run, schedule, etc. Sort cron jobs by any column such as action name or next run time Detect cron jobs with no valid actions Clean and delete scheduled tasks ✅ Post Meta Display the post meta list with information such as meta key, value, size, associated post ID, etc. Sort post meta by any column such as meta key, meta size, or post ID View post meta value content in original or formatted mode for serialized or JSON structures. Detect unused post meta (meta not associated with any existing posts) Detect duplicated post meta (same meta key/value for the same post ID) Clean and delete post meta ✅ Post types Display post types with information such as name, post count, visibility (public or non-public), etc. Sort post types by columns such as name, post count, visibility, etc. View posts corresponding to each post type, along with their details Detect unused or orphaned post types Clean orphaned post types ✅ User Meta Display the user meta list with information such as meta key, value, size, associated user ID, etc. Sort user meta by any column such as meta key, meta size, or user ID View user meta value content in original or formatted mode for serialized or JSON structures. Detect unused user meta (meta not associated with any existing users) Detect duplicated user meta (same meta key/value for the same user ID) Clean and delete user meta ✅ Transients Display the list of transients with information such as name, value, size, and expiration time Sort transients by any column such as transient name, size, or expiration time View transient value content in original or formatted mode for serialized or JSON structures. Clean expired transients Detect large transients that may slow down your website Clean and delete transients Set transient autoload to yes/no ✅ WooCommerce Clean orphaned product variations Clean orphaned customer analytics Clean expired customer sessions ✅ Other Tools Display current database size Logging system for easy troubleshooting Access the WordPress debug log directly from the plugin interface Multisite support (network-wide database cleanup and optimization from the main site) Modern, responsive interface powered by React for a smooth experience without page reloads Show/hide plugin tabs for better usability ⚡ Premium Features ⚡ Official website Unlock the full power of database cleanup and optimization with Advanced Database Cleaner Premium – packed with smart features that take accuracy, speed, and cleanup control to the next level. ✅ Remote SmartScan Local scan + Remote SmartScan technology to accurately detect the true owners of tables, options, post meta, user meta, transients, and cron jobs Cloud-enhanced ownership detection using a large and continuously improving remote database Improved accuracy for identifying orphaned items left by deleted plugins and themes Ability to edit ownership of any item and correct misidentified owners Ability to send ownership corrections to improve the global detection database Enhanced “Belongs to” ownership column everywhere using cloud data + local data Display multiple possible owners for each item when applicable Display owner status (active, inactive, not installed) to simplify cleanup decisions Check your remote scan credits to monitor usage ✅ Action Scheduler Cleanup Clean Action Scheduler Completed actions Clean Action Scheduler Failed actions Clean Action Scheduler Canceled actions Clean Action Scheduler Completed logs Clean Action Scheduler Failed logs Clean Action Scheduler Canceled logs Clean Action Scheduler Orphan logs ✅ General Cleanup Enhancements Keep last X items feature in General Cleanup Keep last X items per parent (e.g., per post) Keep last X items globally (e.g., keep the last 10 pingbacks) Combine Keep Last X Days with Keep Last X Items for advanced cleanup safety ✅ Advanced Filters Advanced filters in all modules (Tables, Options, Post Meta, User Meta, Transients, Cron Jobs) Filter by size, value content, autoload, expiration, metadata type, and more Filter by plugin owner, theme owner, WordPress core, orphan, or unknown Filter by multisite site ID with full per-site visibility Filter by action frequency and interval in cron jobs Filter by duplicated, unused, large, not-yet-scanned, or expired items ✅ Advanced Automation Unlimited automation tasks (Free version is limited to 5 tasks) Create any number of scheduled cleanup tasks with different configurations Create scheduled optimization and repair tasks Use Keep Last X Items and Keep Last X Days inside scheduled tasks Run automation tasks hourly, twice daily, daily, weekly, monthly, or at any supported frequency Pause/resume/delete automation tasks without losing settings Per-task automation event logging showing executed actions, number of items cleaned, execution timestamps, and detailed logs ✅ Database Analytics Daily tracking of total database size and number of tables Daily and monthly charts showing database growth trends Raw data tab with all recorded measurements Table-level analytics showing size growth, rows growth, and daily changes Ability to detect abnormal table growth caused by logs, caches, or runaway actions Multi-table selection and search for analyzing multiple tables at once ✅ Addons Activity Automatically track plugin activations, deactivations, and uninstalls Automatically track theme switches and uninstalls Display activity in a color-coded timeline for better readability All timestamps shown in your local timezone Multisite support (activity recorded on the main site) ✅ Full Multisite Support Clean any site or all sites Filter items by site ID in every module (Tables, Options, Post Meta, User Meta, Transients, Cron Jobs) Display which site each item belongs to Run automation tasks across the entire network 🛒 WOptimize – The Cleaner & Optimizer for WooCommerce If you run a WooCommerce store and want to go further, try our dedicated plugin WOptimize – the ultimate solution to clean and speed up your WooCommerce store. 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WP-Sweep finds the rows WordPress leaves behind and removes them. Revisions of posts you edited years ago, meta belonging to a post that was deleted, terms attached to nothing, term relationships pointing at posts that no longer exist, expired transients: none of it is visible anywhere in wp-admin, and all of it is in your database. It uses the proper WordPress delete functions wherever they can reach the row, rather than running raw delete queries, so the hooks other plugins rely on still fire. Only the rows the API refuses to touch — orphaned meta whose object ID is 0 — are deleted directly. Features Revisions Auto drafts Deleted posts Unapproved comments Spammed comments Deleted comments Orphaned post meta Orphaned comment meta Orphaned user meta Orphaned term meta Orphaned term relationships Unused terms Duplicated post meta Duplicated comment meta Duplicated user meta Duplicated term meta Transient options oEmbed caches in post meta Optimizes database tables Delete functions used wp_delete_post_revision() wp_delete_post() wp_delete_comment() delete_post_meta() delete_comment_meta() delete_user_meta() delete_term_meta() wp_remove_object_terms() wp_delete_term() delete_transient() delete_site_transient() Known incompatibilities These plugins keep data in places WP-Sweep reads as orphaned. Protect their meta keys with the filters under Usage before sweeping. Custom Fonts Elementor Popup Builder MailPress Meta Slider Polylang Slider Revolution Viba Portfolio WPML Donations I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks, I will really appreciate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligations. Usage Every sweep is irreversible, so back your database up first. The screen lists every sweep with a short description of what it removes, how many items that is, and what proportion of the table they are. Tick the ones you want and use the Sweep bulk action, or use each row’s Sweep and Details buttons one at a time. Nothing on the screen needs JavaScript: the buttons are ordinary links and the bulk action is an ordinary form. There is no settings screen. The one thing worth tuning — how many items Details lists, 500 by default — is the wp_sweep_limit_details filter. The cap exists because the whole sample is held in memory and written into the page. WP-CLI wp sweep --all wp sweep revisions wp sweep revisions auto_drafts deleted_posts REST API All three routes need the activate_plugins capability. GET /wp-json/sweep/v1/count/ GET /wp-json/sweep/v1/details/ DELETE /wp-json/sweep/v1/sweep/ Item names revisions, `auto_drafts`, `deleted_posts`, `unapproved_comments`, `spam_comments`, `deleted_comments`, `transient_options`, `orphan_postmeta`, `orphan_commentmeta`, `orphan_usermeta`, `orphan_termmeta`, `orphan_term_relationships`, `unused_terms`, `duplicated_postmeta`, `duplicated_commentmeta`, `duplicated_usermeta`, `duplicated_termmeta`, `optimize_database`, `oembed_postmeta`. Filters wp_sweep_postmeta_whitelist (array) — post meta keys that must never be deleted, by the orphaned or the duplicated post meta sweep. * matches any run of characters. Default: empty. wp_sweep_commentmeta_whitelist (array) — the same, for comment meta. wp_sweep_usermeta_whitelist (array) — the same, for user meta. wp_sweep_termmeta_whitelist (array) — the same, for term meta. wp_sweep_excluded_taxonomies (array) — taxonomies left out of the orphaned term relationships sweep. Default: array( 'link_category' ). wp_sweep_excluded_termids (array) — term IDs left out of the unused terms sweep. Default: each taxonomy’s default term, plus any term that is the parent of another. wp_sweep_limit_details (int) — how many items a Details list shows. Default: 500. wp_sweep_defer_counts (bool) — whether the Sweep screen renders first and fetches its counts afterwards, one at a time. Return false to compute every count with the page, as versions before 2.0.1 always did. Default: true. wp_sweep_capability (string $capability, string $context) — the capability required. $context is one of sweep, ajax or rest. wp_sweep_total_count (int $count, string $name) — the total number of rows a sweep’s percentage is measured against. wp_sweep_count (int $count, string $name) — how many items a sweep would remove. wp_sweep_details (array $details, string $name) — the sample list shown by Details. wp_sweep_sweep (string $message, string $name) — the message reported after a sweep has run. Actions wp_sweep_admin_post_sweep, `wp_sweep_admin_comment_sweep`, `wp_sweep_admin_user_sweep`, `wp_sweep_admin_term_sweep`, `wp_sweep_admin_option_sweep` and `wp_sweep_admin_database_sweep` all fire below the sweep table, in that order. Protect specific post meta keys from being swept: add_filter( 'wp_sweep_postmeta_whitelist', function ( $meta_keys ) { $meta_keys[] = '_my_plugin_setting'; $meta_keys[] = '_acme_*'; return $meta_keys; } ); Exclude an additional taxonomy from the orphaned term relationships sweep: add_filter( 'wp_sweep_excluded_taxonomies', function ( $taxonomies ) { $taxonomies[] = 'product_type'; return $taxonomies; } );