Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup)
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorVladimir Garagulya
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release23 days ago 12 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record30
Rating4.4 /5 · 92
Added to directory30 Apr 2010
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Vladimir Garagulya throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| shinephp | 29 | 01 May 2010 | 03 Apr 2022 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
139 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 14% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 4,471/day04 Sep 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 246 | 149 | 186 | 188 | 144 | 217 | 147 | 83 | 100 | 178 | 187 | 155 | 120 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (92) · active installs (10,000+) · version (0.15) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
34 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory16 years ago 30 Apr 2010
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 12 Aug 2026, 24 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 12 Aug 202624 days agoVersion 0.15 released
- 12 Aug 202624 days agoReleased after a long silenceA new release arrived 1,592 days after the previous one (2022-04-03). A break in dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the release or the owner.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 25 Sep 20232.5 years agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2022-04-03). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 03 Apr 20224 years agoVersion 0.14 released
- 28 Mar 20224 years agoVersion 0.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 14 Dec 20205.5 years agoVersion 0.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 23 Jun 20206 years agoVersion 0.11.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 19 Jun 20206 years agoVersion 0.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 21 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 0.10.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 08 Jan 201610 years agoVersion 0.10.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 16 Nov 201510 years agoVersion 0.10.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 25 Oct 201510 years agoVersion 0.9.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 01 Dec 201411 years agoVersion 0.9.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 30 Jun 201412 years agoVersion 0.9.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 02 Dec 201213 years agoVersion 0.9.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 31 Oct 201213 years agoVersion 0.9.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shinephp.
- 01 May 201016 years ago16 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 01 May 2010 and 22 Aug 2012. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 30 Apr 201016 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Vladimir Garagulya for all 34 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 23 days ago (12 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 92 ratings, averaging 4.4 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
Similar plugins
This plugin has not been updated in a long time. These carry the same tags and describe themselves in the same terms, so they are a starting point for a replacement, not a recommendation. Check them yourself.
Easy WP Cleaner
Easy WP Cleaner is user friendly plugin to clean unnecessary data from WordPress database and also allows you to optimize your WordPress database.
2,000+ installs5.0★ (41)updated 08 Oct 2025
Compare side by side Database Cleaner
User-friendly tool to clean and optimize databases. Efficiently manages large databases, simplifying repair and ensuring peak performance.
10,000+ installs5.0★ (150)updated 17 Aug 2026
Compare side by side WP-Sweep
WP-Sweep allows you to clean up unused, orphaned and duplicated data in your WordPress. It also optimizes your database tables.
100,000+ installs4.7★ (138)updated 24 Aug 2026
10× the installs
Compare side by side Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance
Clean database by deleting orphaned data such as 'revisions', 'expired transients', optimize database and more...
100,000+ installs4.9★ (1,953)updated 20 Aug 2026
10× the installs
Compare side by side WPS Cleaner
WPS Cleaner cleans your WordPress site as well as your database.
10,000+ installs4.3★ (99)updated 14 Aug 2026
Compare side by side SweepPress: Website Cleanup and Optimization
Remove unused, orphaned, duplicated data in your WordPress website using 55+ sweepers, manage and clean Options table, optimize database.
500+ installs5.0★ (5)updated 19 Jul 2026
far fewer installs
Compare side by side Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup): a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.