Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! vs Better image sizes (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
90K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Better image sizes has a higher user rating (5/5 from 5 reviews) while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! leads in active installations (90K+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while Better image sizes has 22K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | Better image sizes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 746 | ◄ | 5 |
| Active Installs | 90K+ | ◄ | 2.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 22K+ |
| Support Resolution | 50% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 week ago | ◄ | 4 months ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2022 | |
| Age | 10 years | 4 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.0+ | 3.0.1+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 5.6+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.0.6 | 3.9 |
Rating Breakdown
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Better image sizes
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged approximately 3,744 daily downloads while Better image sizes averaged 31.
Recent Reviews
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! Reviews
Does The Job
Simple to use
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.
非常好用
不错，操作简单。
Better image sizes Reviews
Fantastic
Great plugin. It lets you cut out all the random image sizes (and their file bloat) so you can just make the image sizes you actually need. One of the first plugins I install for every build. I’m
Excellent
This is a great successor to Fly Dynamic Image Resizer, which is no longer maintained. The focal-point picker is a feature I wish WP would add to core (see github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/20321)
Superb!
Really love this plugin. Thanks for keeping it updated.
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