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Delete Expired Transients

by webaware · 4,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Delete Expired Transients is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Delete Expired Transients
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

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
webaware27 Jul 2013 to 6 Sep 2026, 57 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
59 days ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.3 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Delete Expired Transients
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 6 Sep 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

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

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 5.0 from 13 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star13
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

4,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Delete Expired Transients
4 May 202655
11 May 2026176
18 May 2026173
25 May 2026215
1 Jun 2026170
8 Jun 2026211
15 Jun 2026164
22 Jun 2026159
29 Jun 2026134
6 Jul 2026145
13 Jul 2026186
20 Jul 2026228
27 Jul 2026216
3 Aug 2026289
10 Aug 2026241
17 Aug 2026225
24 Aug 2026208
31 Aug 2026251
7 Sep 2026306
14 Sep 2026235
21 Sep 2026247
28 Sep 2026199
5 Oct 2026190
12 Oct 2026163
19 Oct 2026249
26 Oct 2026231
2 Nov 202633

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 14% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

Index WP MySQL For SpeedScore 98 · 50,000+WP-DBManagerScore 93 · 50,000+

Facts

Version2.0.7
Authorwebaware
Added27 Jul 2013
Last updated6 Sep 2026
Active installs4,000+
Requires WordPress3.7
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.3
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Database Management & Cleanup
Tagscache, expired, transient, transients, wp_options

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Questions

Is Delete Expired Transients still maintained?

Delete Expired Transients was last updated on 6 Sep 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Delete Expired Transients safe?

Delete Expired Transients has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Delete Expired Transients?

The wordpress.org author is webaware. Recent committers: webaware, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Delete Expired Transients?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: Index WP MySQL For Speed, WP-DBManager.

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