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Autoload Checker

Checks the autoloaded data size and lists the top autoloaded data entries sorted by size.

By Gerard Blanco·Autoloads·Free
4.2(10 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Autoload Checker is a WordPress autoloads plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 26K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Autoload Optimizer.

4.2/510 reviews
3.0K+active installs
26K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023

Overview

Autoload Checker is a WordPress plugin that helps you monitor the total size of the autoloaded data in the wp_options table of your database. Autoloaded data is data that is loaded on every page load, regardless of whether it is needed or not. This can affect the performance and speed of your site, especially if you had a lot of plugins installed.

Autoload Checker does not remove any autoloaded data from your database, it only checks the status and displays it in your WordPress dashboard. You can see the total size of the autoloaded data, as well as the top autoloaded data entries sorted by size. This can help you identify which plugins or themes are adding the most autoloaded data to your database, and decide if you need to optimize them or not.

Autoload Checker is easy to use and does n…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.210 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Жақсы қолданба
by Данияр НАУРЫЗ·11 months ago·1 reply

Тез, ықшамды істейтін бағдарлама. Менің УордПресс таңдаулылары кестесін тазартуға көмектесті.

A quality Tool
by Josh Journey·1 year ago·1 reply

Does what it says and helps identify auto loaded options and their size. Handy for clearing and diagnosing the database. Thank you. 🙂

Excellent!
by leodefaveri·1 year ago·1 reply

Plugin does exactly what you describe. I found everything I needed to know to delete in tables. Useless stuff from plugins that didn’t even exist anymore was there. Thanks for the great work!

Helpful Plugin
by stefan.b·1 year ago·1 reply

Great plugin to check what parts of your WordPress options have a big size.

Shows incorrect value
by spcspectre·1 year ago·6 replies

WordPress tells me that the autoload size is 905kb, and your plugin says its 389 kb????

Download Trends

Today: 14Yesterday: 22This week: 119Period total: 14K

Compatibility

WordPress4.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.2
80.7%
v1.1
18.5%
v1.0
0.8%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release

1.1

Release date: 28/11/2024

  • Tweak: Changed the way the autoloads total size is counted, to also account for serialization overhead.
  • Tweak: Increased the top autoloaded data entries to 30.

1.2

Release date: 11/12/2025

  • Added: Accelera box
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Gerard BlancoGerard Blanco
Plugin Info
Version
1.2
Last Updated
Dec 11, 2025
WP Requires
4.3+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
26K+
Added
Sep 22, 2023
Business
Free

Tags

autoloadsclean databaseautoloaded dataclean up optionsoptimize database

Developer

G
Gerard Blanco
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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