Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! vs Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it (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 Media Permalink by Hardweb.it
1.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 746 reviews) and 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 Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it has 8.0K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ◄ | 4.1/5 |
| Total Reviews | 746 | ◄ | 7 |
| Active Installs | 90K+ | ◄ | 1.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 8.0K+ |
| Support Resolution | 50% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 week ago | ◄ | 1 month ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Age | 10 years | 8 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.0+ | 6.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.0.6 | 1.0 |
Rating Breakdown
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged approximately 3,744 daily downloads while Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it averaged 4.
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 Media Permalink by Hardweb.it Reviews
Just hides the URL doesn’t disable it
This plug-in disables the generation of the HTML of the media permalink within a page. It does not disable the underlying functionality where, e.g., /wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nonpublic.pdf might bec
This Worked When Nothing Else Did! Thank You!
Something caused all the media/ image links on the site to be broken. I noticed the permalinks were not the same as the file links. But, I could find nothing that would let me change the permalinks. W
Didn’t work for me
Installed and activated yet my media permalinks are still loading
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