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database plugins

346 plugins in the directory carry the database tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.

346
plugins
849,120+
combined reach
146
released in 90 days
35%
quiet 18 months+
13
movements in 90 days

What moved

Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.

DatePluginInstallsWhat happened
23 Oct 2026DB Table Viewer90+released after a long silence
21 Oct 2026Loadvexa – Autoload & Cache Diagnosticsfewer than 10changed hands
18 Oct 2026detabess10+released after a long silence
17 Oct 2026SnapShots20+released after a long silence
07 Oct 2026Cache Cleaner X-Ray – Performance & Database Diagnostics200+released after a long silence
05 Oct 2026Emoji Guardfewer than 10changed hands
02 Oct 2026Preserve MainWP Connection100+released after a long silence
02 Oct 2026Emoji Guardfewer than 10released after a long silence
19 Sep 2026Simple Table Manager400+released after a long silence
17 Sep 2026Templ Optimizer1,000+released after a long silence
08 Sep 2026Publish kintone data50+released after a long silence
26 Aug 2026Database Read Replicas10+released after a long silence
12 Aug 2026Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup)10,000+released after a long silence

Most installed

The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.

PluginInstallsRatingLast release
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+4.9★3 months ago
Search Regex
Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and other data.
100,000+4.7★1 month ago
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+4.7★2 months ago
Go Live Update Urls
Change the domain on your site with one click.
90,000+4.5★10 days ago
BackUpWordPress
Simple automated backups of your WordPress-powered website.
80,000+4.7★2.5 years ago · quiet
Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions
One-click database optimization with precise revision cleanup and flexible scheduling. Speeding up sites since 2011!
60,000+4.7★6 months ago
Database Backup for WordPress
Database Backup for WordPress is your one-stop database backup solution for WordPress.
60,000+4.5★7 months ago
WP-DBManager
Manages your WordPress database.
50,000+4.4★3 months ago
WP phpMyAdmin
[ ✅ 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐵𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝓋𝑜𝓍 ] phpMyAdmin - Database Browser & Manager (for MySQL & MariaDB)
40,000+4.6★15 days ago
Docket Cache – Object Cache Accelerator
Speed up your WordPress site with a persistent object cache, powered by OPcache. An efficient alternative to Redis and Memcached.
20,000+4.9★22 days ago
Database Manager – WP Adminer
Manage the database from your WordPress Dashboard using Adminer.
20,000+5.0★7 months ago
Search & Replace Everything by WPCode – Find and Replace Media, Text, Links, and More
Search and Replace everything in WordPress. Easily find and replace media, images, text, links and more with a single click using a simple user interf …
20,000+3.9★3 months ago
Advanced WordPress Reset – Debug, Recover & Reset WP
The ultimate solution for resetting your WordPress database or specific components to their default settings using the advanced reset features.
10,000+4.9★3 months ago
Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair
Clean up and optimize your WordPress database: revisions, transients, autoload, orphaned data. Built for large databases, safe and fast.
10,000+5.0★7 days ago
Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup)
Find and delete unused database tables belong to deactivated or deleted plugins directly from WP dashboard.
10,000+4.4★3 months ago
WPS Cleaner
WPS Cleaner cleans your WordPress site as well as your database.
10,000+4.3★3 months ago
AAA Autoload Optimizer
Find and fix bloated autoloaded options slowing down your WordPress database
9,000+4.6★22 days ago
Brozzme DB Prefix & Tools Addons
Easily change your WordPress DB prefix, save time, increase security.
9,000+4.7★9 months ago
Database for Contact Form 7
Automatically save all data submitted via Contact Form 7 to your database
7,000+4.2★18 days ago
Business Essentials for Contact Form 7
Business Essentials for Contact Form 7
7,000+3.3★1 month ago
SQL Buddy – Database Management Made Easy
Your one-stop solution for easy WordPress database management
5,000+5.0★17 months ago
SQLite Database Integration
Run WordPress on SQLite.
5,000+4.6★9 days ago
CM Search And Replace – Optimize content edits with a powerful search and replace tool
Search and replace words, phrases, and HTML within your website posts and pages.
2,000+4.2★24 days ago
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+5.0★13 months ago
WP Synchro – The Ultimate WordPress Migration Tool
WordPress migration plugin to easily migrate, clone, backup, and synchronize your WordPress site, including database, media, plugins, themes, and file …
2,000+5.0★2 months ago
Transient Cleaner
Clean expired transients from your options table. The original and best!
1,000+5.0★3 months ago
CF7 Views – Complete Entry Management for Contact Form 7
Easily display Contact Form 7 Entries/Submissions on your site frontend.
1,000+4.6★1 month ago
Change Table Prefix
Change the database table prefix first defined in your wp-config.php file.
1,000+3.8★8 months ago
Database Collation Fix
Convert tables using utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci or utf8_unicode_520_ci collation to a more portable Collation Algorithm.
1,000+5.0★4 months ago
Database Access with Adminer
Provides a secure interface to your WordPress database using Adminer, the popular database administration tool.
1,000+4.5★9 months ago
Index WP Users For Speed
Do you have thousands of users on your WordPress site? Look them up fast. Find authors more easily. Speed up your laggy dashboard.
1,000+5.0★2 months ago
InstaMigrate
Secure REST API endpoints for WordPress site migration — database export/import, file transfer, and search-replace.
1,000+—8 days ago
Templ Optimizer
Optimize your site and improve its performance with a few clicks.
1,000+5.0★1 month ago
Views for WPForms – Display & Edit WPForms Entries on your site frontend
Display and Edit WPForms Entries Directly on Your Website with No Coding Knowledge Needed.
1,000+5.0★2 months ago
Easy Actions Scheduler Cleaner
Clean up your Actions Scheduler database with manual or scheduled cleanup. Remove old actions and logs automatically.
900+5.0★3 months ago
Slider Revolution Search Replace
Replace url of old domain to new domain for revolution slider only.
800+5.0★3 years ago · quiet
Record of Consent Extension for Complianz
Stores custom consent records triggered by Complianz events with compliance tracking and auditing capabilities.
700+5.0★11 days ago
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup
Create and save SQL Reports in your WP Admin and place them on pages and posts with a shortcode. Keep your database safe with automatic backups.
500+4.7★16 months ago
Run SQL Query
Run SQL Query is a simple plugin to quickly execute any type of SQL query into the WordPress's DB and export the results in a CSV format file.
500+5.0★10 years ago · quiet
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+5.0★14 days ago
WP Lorem ipsum
WP Lorem ipsum automatically create new fake posts to fill the database and get a very good impression for your website.
500+3.4★5 years ago · quiet
Simple Table Manager
Enables viewing and editing table records and exporting them to CSV files through a minimal database interface from your dashboard.
400+4.8★2 months ago
WP-Cleanup
This Wordpress plugin will cleanup your Wordpress database by remove all unused data from your database.
400+4.0★16 years ago · quiet
Data Source for Contact Form 7
The Data Source for Contact Form 7 plugin populates fields with data from external sources like databases, CSVs, URL parameters, ACF, and others.
300+5.0★23 days ago
Fast Woo Order Lookup
Searches for orders faster on WooCommerce stores with many orders.
300+5.0★8 months ago
f(x) Email Log
Simple plugin to log all email sent via WordPress.
300+5.0★9.5 years ago · quiet
Cache Cleaner X-Ray – Performance & Database Diagnostics
Find what is slowing WordPress down. See what is creating pressure. Clean what is safe.
200+5.0★26 days ago
CodingBunny Database Cleaner
Keep your WordPress database fast and clean by removing orphaned data left behind by plugins, themes, and WordPress core.
200+5.0★9 days ago
Options View
Edit the contents of the options & usermeta table.
200+5.0★3 months ago
Convert WP Database to UTF-8
Converts the WordPress database (both tables and columns) to UTF-8 character set.
200+5.0★15 years ago · quiet

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