Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin… vs Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin…
100K+ active installs
Free + Premium
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
90K+ 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) while Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin… leads in active installations (100K+ vs 90K+). Both are free + premium WordPress plugins. Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin… has accumulated 2.8M+ total downloads while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has 4.5M+. Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin… has a higher support resolution rate (75% vs 50%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin… | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 3.9/5 | ► | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 94 | ► | 746 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 90K+ |
| Total Downloads | 2.8M+ | ► | 4.5M+ |
| Support Resolution | 75% | ◄ | 50% |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ► | 1 week ago |
| First Released | 2014 | 2016 | |
| Age | 12 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.5.1+ | 6.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free + Premium | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.7.41 | 7.0.6 |
Rating Breakdown
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin…
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin… averaged approximately 339 daily downloads while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged 3,744.
Recent Reviews
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin… Reviews
FooBox is fantastic
FooBox works great ouf of the box (pun intended) and is well-suited for sites that need a quick image lightbox plugin that plays well with others. The default lightbox theme provided is professiona
PHP 8.5 compatibility
The freemium.php file used by this plugin raises php warnings, not safe. PHP warning: Deprecation: Using null as an array offset is deprecated, use an empty string insteadThis should be fixed, than
Igor
A simple and convenient plugin. Just what I needed to replace “Image Zoom”, which isn’t updated and doesn’t support modern PHP versions.
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。
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