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Transient Cleaner

by David Artiss · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 20 Aug 2026, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Transient Cleaner
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Transient Cleaner still maintained?
Yes. Last release 20 Aug 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months. 20 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Transient Cleaner, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer dartiss since Nov 2012. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Transient Cleaner removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Transient Cleaner safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Transient Cleaner update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.7. No one-star spike after it. 9 Jun 2024 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

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

Committers and their active periods
dartiss28 Nov 2012 to 20 Aug 2026, 278 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2012.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Transient Cleaner
Q1 20242
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

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

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star23
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

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

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Transient Cleaner
4 May 202656
11 May 202698
18 May 2026118
25 May 2026115
1 Jun 2026114
8 Jun 2026126
15 Jun 202696
22 Jun 202686
29 Jun 202687
6 Jul 2026101
13 Jul 202689
20 Jul 202697
27 Jul 2026129
3 Aug 2026175
10 Aug 2026135
17 Aug 2026194
24 Aug 2026152
31 Aug 2026197
7 Sep 2026157
14 Sep 2026156
21 Sep 2026177
28 Sep 2026204
5 Oct 2026154
12 Oct 2026133
19 Oct 2026203
26 Oct 2026186
2 Nov 202626

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

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Facts

Version1.7
AuthorDavid Artiss
Added28 Nov 2012
Last updated20 Aug 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress4.4
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Database Management & Cleanup
Tagscache, clean, options, database, transient

Other plugins by this author: Code Embed, Social Post Embed, Draft List, Pride Bar, World Domination, Draft Links, ShareOpenly, Solo, Draft Concluder

Questions

Is Transient Cleaner still maintained?

Yes. Last release 20 Aug 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Transient Cleaner, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer dartiss since Nov 2012.

Was Transient Cleaner removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Transient Cleaner safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Transient Cleaner update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.7. No one-star spike after it.

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