Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! vs Simple Image Widget (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, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 746 reviews) and leads in active installations (90K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while Simple Image Widget has 854K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | Simple Image Widget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ◄ | 4.5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 746 | ◄ | 39 |
| Active Installs | 90K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 854K+ |
| Support Resolution | 50% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 week ago | ◄ | 8 months ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2008 | |
| Age | 10 years | 18 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.0+ | 4.9+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.0.6 | 4.4.2 |
Rating Breakdown
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Simple Image Widget
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged approximately 3,744 daily downloads while Simple Image Widget averaged 8.
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。
Simple Image Widget Reviews
Better than WP native image
Nice to be able to choose an appropriate grid size.
Customizable and simply great
Thanks for creating the simple image widget, it’s great! I was able to easily customize the template to finally display widgetized bootstrap cards the way I want.
Perfect image widget plugin
With the native image widget that has been introduced with WP 4.8 this plugin has become obsolete. Still, this plugin has served me very well, so 5 stars and thank you for that! This topic was
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