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Advanced Database Cleaner

Advanced Database Cleaner - Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance
by Younes JFR. · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 20 Aug 2026, 13 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

89/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Advanced Database Cleaner
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security90
Support70
Reputation75

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Advanced Database Cleaner still maintained?
Yes. Last release 20 Aug 2026, 13 releases in the last 24 months. 20 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Advanced Database Cleaner, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer symptote since Sep 2015. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Advanced Database Cleaner removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Advanced Database Cleaner safe?
8 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 3.1.7). Not on the exploited list. 30 Oct 2025 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Advanced Database Cleaner update safe to install?
No ownership change before 4.2.0. No one-star spike after it. 13 Jul 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • InfoMOM-2Downloads in the last 4 weeks are down more than half vs the 26-week average. Review this plugin.4 Nov 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
symptote18 Sep 2015 to 20 Aug 2026, 234 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2015.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
13
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.0 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Advanced Database Cleaner
Q1 20241
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20256
Q1 20263
Q2 20262
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 20 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: 4.7 (19 reviews). Lifetime: 4.9.

Average rating rose from 4.8 to 5.0 between Q3 2026 and Q4 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star1888
4 star38
3 star7
2 star2
1 star27
Latest low reviews

Security record

2 vulnerabilities in 24 months (8 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 3.1.7).

Show 8 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
30 Oct 2025Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 3.1.63.1.7Patched before disclosure
24 Oct 2025Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Manipulation4.3<= 3.1.63.1.7Patched before disclosure
24 Jan 2024Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.3 - Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP Object Injection via process_bulk_action6.6<= 3.1.33.1.4Patched before disclosure
4 Dec 2023Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection7.2<= 3.1.23.1.3Patched before disclosure
21 Feb 2023Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via aDBc_save_settings_callback4.3<= 3.1.13.1.22
27 Jun 2022Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1<= 3.1.03.1.1Patched before disclosure
24 Jan 2022Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.0.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 3.0.43.0.4Patched before disclosure
6 Sep 2020Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.0.1 - SQL injection7.2< 3.0.23.0.2Patched before disclosure

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

50% of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Advanced Database Cleaner
4 May 202610,656
11 May 202614,620
18 May 202615,185
25 May 20268,911
1 Jun 20267,609
8 Jun 20266,676
15 Jun 20266,141
22 Jun 20265,702
29 Jun 20265,723
6 Jul 20265,203
13 Jul 202665,349
20 Jul 202616,394
27 Jul 202611,188
3 Aug 20269,004
10 Aug 20267,220
17 Aug 20267,044
24 Aug 20266,638
31 Aug 20265,792
7 Sep 20265,112
14 Sep 20264,848
21 Sep 20265,067
28 Sep 20264,640
5 Oct 20264,673
12 Oct 20264,095
19 Oct 20265,791
26 Oct 20264,816
2 Nov 2026780

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 59% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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Facts

Version4.2.0
AuthorYounes JFR.
Added18 Sep 2015
Last updated20 Aug 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress5.0.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.0
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Database Optimization
Tagsclean, database, Optimize, postmeta, performance

Other plugins by this author: Advanced WordPress Reset - Debug, Recover & Reset WP, WP Cron Cleaner, Sigma Search & Replace

Questions

Is Advanced Database Cleaner still maintained?

Yes. Last release 20 Aug 2026, 13 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Advanced Database Cleaner, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer symptote since Sep 2015.

Was Advanced Database Cleaner removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Advanced Database Cleaner safe?

8 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 3.1.7). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Advanced Database Cleaner update safe to install?

No ownership change before 4.2.0. No one-star spike after it.

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