Modern Image Formats vs Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! (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) while Modern Image Formats leads in active installations (100K+ vs 90K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Modern Image Formats has accumulated 979K+ total downloads while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! has 4.5M+. Modern Image Formats has a higher support resolution rate (67% vs 50%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Modern Image Formats | Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 3.3/5 | ► | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 23 | ► | 746 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 90K+ |
| Total Downloads | 979K+ | ► | 4.5M+ |
| Support Resolution | 67% | ◄ | 50% |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ► | 1 week ago |
| First Released | 2023 | 2016 | |
| Age | 3 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.6+ | 6.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.2+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.6.1 | 7.0.6 |
Rating Breakdown
Modern Image Formats
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Modern Image Formats averaged approximately 518 daily downloads while Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! averaged 3,744.
Recent Reviews
Modern Image Formats Reviews
Funktioniert wie beschrieben – Heimvorteil weil von WordPress entwickelt
Ich nutze dieses Plugin auf allen neuen Webseiten, damit Bilder automatisch nach AVIF konvertiert werden. Es funktionierte bisher immer ohne Probleme, deshalb kann ich es uneingeschränkt empfehlen. Ic
Doesn’t work, support not helpful
Been trying to get this thing to work but it just wont serve the generated images. Support stopped replying.
compression?
Good plugin, but no option to set the WebP compression value. What compression is used here?
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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