Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! vs Search & Replace Everything by WPCode… (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
Search & Replace Everything by WPCode…
20K+ 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 20K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while Search & Replace Everything by WPCode… has 106K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | Search & Replace Everything by WPCode… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ◄ | 3.9/5 |
| Total Reviews | 746 | ◄ | 7 |
| Active Installs | 90K+ | ◄ | 20K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 106K+ |
| Support Resolution | 50% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 week ago | ◄ | 3 months ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2024 | |
| Age | 10 years | 2 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.0+ | 5.5+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 7.0+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.0.6 | 1.0.9 |
Rating Breakdown
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Search & Replace Everything by WPCode…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged approximately 3,744 daily downloads while Search & Replace Everything by WPCode… averaged 132.
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。
Search & Replace Everything by WPCode… Reviews
You need to upgrade before you can preview the text changes!
I tried this plugin cause it was advertising exactly what I needed: Preview where the text changes were before you replace them. But once I finished scanning, I couldnt see any texts and when I clicke
Great for post-migration cleanup!
Used this plugin for a quick search & replace of non-https urls on a WP migration I just did. Worked like a charm and saved me a ton of time!
overall functionality was disappointing
overall functionality was disappointing This topic was modified 9 months ago by Benham Design.
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