Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! vs Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused… (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
Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused…
5.0K+ 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 5.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused… has 46K+. Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused… has a higher support resolution rate (50% vs 50%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ◄ | 4.1/5 |
| Total Reviews | 746 | ◄ | 31 |
| Active Installs | 90K+ | ◄ | 5.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 46K+ |
| Support Resolution | 50% | 50% | |
| Last Updated | 1 week ago | ► | 1 week ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2023 | |
| Age | 10 years | 3 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.0+ | 5.3+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.0.6 | 4.0.2 |
Rating Breakdown
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged approximately 3,744 daily downloads while Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused… averaged 113.
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。
Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused… Reviews
Mistakes unused with unattached
If you use the same images for several post and/or pages this plugin will still say they’re unused simply because they’re not specifically attached to one specific post/page.If you have a lot of pictu
Works!
Reviews here seem a unfair. The plugin did an excellent job after I did a scan, set the page to display 250 entries, and pressed the red button to delete all listed/unused attachments. I tested my web
Great Plugin
This is a great plugin, and the support is also great and quick to respond.I was having an issue where images uploaded to the gallery field in ACF Pro would disappear, but this has now been resolved.
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