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Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! vs BEA – Sanitize Filename (2026)

Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.

Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!

Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!

4.6(746)

90K+ active installs

Free

Updated 1 week ago
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BEA – Sanitize Filename

BEA – Sanitize Filename

5(4)

1.0K+ active installs

Free

Updated 3 days ago
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Quick Verdict

As of April 2026, BEA – Sanitize Filename has a higher user rating (5/5 from 4 reviews) while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! leads in active installations (90K+ vs 1.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while BEA – Sanitize Filename has 16K+.

Detailed Comparison

Rating
4.6/5Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
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BEA – Sanitize Filename5/5
Total Reviews
746Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
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BEA – Sanitize Filename4
Active Installs
90K+Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
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BEA – Sanitize Filename1.0K+
Total Downloads
4.5M+Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
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BEA – Sanitize Filename16K+
Support Resolution
50%Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
BEA – Sanitize FilenameN/A
Last Updated
1 week agoMedia Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
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BEA – Sanitize Filename3 days ago
First Released
2016Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
BEA – Sanitize Filename2018
Age
10 yearsMedia Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
BEA – Sanitize Filename8 years
WP Requires
6.0+Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
BEA – Sanitize Filename4.0+
PHP Requires
7.4+Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
BEA – Sanitize Filename8.0+
Business Model
FreeMedia Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
BEA – Sanitize FilenameFree
Latest Version
7.0.6Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
BEA – Sanitize Filename2.0.9

Rating Breakdown

Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!

4.6/5(746 reviews)
5
85%
4
4%
3
2%
2
1%
1
6%

BEA – Sanitize Filename

5/5(4 reviews)
5
100%
4
0%
3
0%
2
0%
1
0%

Recent Reviews

Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! Reviews

by marx1200

Does The Job

Simple to use

by Dr. Melvin Temo

Just Works

Stunnning plugin that hardly has any false positives. It was great to use. Thanks This topic was modified 6 days, 23 hours ago by Dr. Melvin Temo.

by lyjhc

非常好用

不错，操作简单。

BEA – Sanitize Filename Reviews

by Olivier GBLEM

Works Fine

A very good plugin. Thanks

by GregRuelle

Tip top !

Il est intégré à tous mes projets depuis plusieurs mois, content qu’il soit maintenant sur le repo officiel !

by madvic

essential

This script is missing from the core

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! or BEA – Sanitize Filename more popular?
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has 90K+ active installations while BEA – Sanitize Filename has 1.0K+. Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! is the more widely-used plugin as of April 2026.
Which has better ratings — Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! or BEA – Sanitize Filename?
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has a 4.6/5 rating from 746 reviews, while BEA – Sanitize Filename has a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews.
Are Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! and BEA – Sanitize Filename free?
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! is free and BEA – Sanitize Filename is free. Both can be downloaded from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Which plugin has better support — Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! or BEA – Sanitize Filename?
Support resolution data is not available for all plugins. Check each plugin's WordPress.org support forum for current response quality.
Which plugin is updated more frequently?
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! was last updated 1 week ago and BEA – Sanitize Filename was last updated 3 days ago.

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