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Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! v7.2.7

Clean your WordPress! Eliminate unused and broken media files. For a faster, and better website.

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 4, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 4, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 6.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 48% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 84 Passed
  • 30 Warnings
  • 11 Failed
Security 62/100
Needs Improvement

23 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 69/100
Needs Improvement

42 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 58/100
Needs Improvement

7 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

283.6 KB

1.1 MB unzipped

Total files

31

across all file types

Lines of PHP

11,174

in 27 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • JS
  • TXT

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 167 Critical
  • 101 High
  • 245 Medium
  • 205 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!, Security improved the most (+5). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 112% in size.

Audited 6.8.8 → 7.2.5 · 30 versions

0 50 100 6.8.8 6.9.8 7.0.8 7.2.5

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 360 720 6.8.8 6.9.8 7.0.8 7.2.5

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

7,214

downloads

Today

977

downloads

Week over week

−51%

vs previous week

Month over month

−58%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

52% of installs run an older version

≈ 46.7K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v6.8
  • v6.9
  • v7.0
  • v7.1
  • v7.2

Ratings

769 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 656
  • 4 34
  • 3 18
  • 2 12
  • 1 49

Support: 3 / 5 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jul 25, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 17 days

average between releases

Total releases

168

since Apr 2017 · 9 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Media Cleaner in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Media Cleaner v7.2.7 flagged 718 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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