Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! vs Disable Generate Thumbnails (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
Disable Generate Thumbnails
6.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Disable Generate Thumbnails has a higher user rating (5/5 from 15 reviews) while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! leads in active installations (90K+ vs 6.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while Disable Generate Thumbnails has 53K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | Disable Generate Thumbnails | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 746 | ◄ | 15 |
| Active Installs | 90K+ | ◄ | 6.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 53K+ |
| Support Resolution | 50% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 week ago | ► | 1 week ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2019 | |
| Age | 10 years | 7 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.0+ | 6.6+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 8.0+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.0.6 | 2.21 |
Rating Breakdown
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Disable Generate Thumbnails
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged approximately 3,744 daily downloads while Disable Generate Thumbnails averaged 14.
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。
Disable Generate Thumbnails Reviews
Plugin Imprescindible
Si trabajas con muchas imágenes, genera solo las miniaturas necesarias. Entre WordPress, woocommerce y el Tema puede generar más de 12 miniaturas y algunas con tamaños repetidos, tengo una web con más
Excellent Plugin!
Very useful plugin to stop unnecessary image generations and save storage spaces.
Does it all
There is SO much misinformation on the internet about this. I struggled to get it right, installing plugin after plugin, even writing my own php to get it done, then I finally found this plugin that r
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