Clean auto-drafts and duplicate posts with manual controls, scheduled cleanup, activity logs, and safer delete confirmation.

Mainul Kabir Aion

<p>Duplicate and Auto Draft Cleaner helps WordPress site owners keep the database cleaner by removing stale drafts, finding duplicate posts, and giving admins safer cleanup controls before anything is deleted.</p>
<h4>Why site owners use it</h4>
<p>When drafts pile up and duplicate posts slip into a site, the admin area becomes harder to manage and content cleanup becomes risky. This plugin focuses on a simple workflow:</p>
<ul>
<li>Review drafts and duplicates from one settings screen.</li>
<li>Filter what you want to clean before taking action.</li>
<li>Confirm manual deletions before they run.</li>
<li>Track recent cleanup activity for better transparency.</li>
<li>Automate repeat cleanup tasks on a schedule.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Remove old <code>draft</code> and <code>auto-draft</code> posts manually or automatically.</li>
<li>Detect duplicate posts and pages based on matching titles within the selected post type and status filters.</li>
<li>Move drafts and duplicate posts to Trash or permanently delete them, depending on your settings.</li>
<li>Review the last 20 cleanup actions in the activity log.</li>
<li>Confirm manual delete actions before cleanup starts.</li>
<li>Run cleanup every 5 minutes, hourly, twice daily, daily, weekly, or monthly.</li>
<li>Limit cleanup by post type and duplicate status filters.</li>
<li>See the last successful automated draft and duplicate cleanup times from the settings screen.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What you can manage</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Draft Cleaner</strong><br />
Clean old drafts by age, choose allowed post types, and decide whether selected drafts go to Trash or are permanently deleted.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Duplicate Cleaner</strong><br />
Review duplicate content, filter by post type and post status, then move selected duplicates to Trash or delete them permanently.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Automation</strong><br />
Enable scheduled draft cleanup and scheduled duplicate cleanup separately from the plugin settings page.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Cleanup Activity Log</strong><br />
See the latest cleanup actions with date, cleanup type, and number of items deleted.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Safe cleanup workflow</h4>
<p>The plugin is designed to reduce accidental data loss:</p>
<ul>
<li>Manual cleanup actions show a confirmation dialog before deletion.</li>
<li>Draft cleanup can be routed to Trash instead of permanent deletion.</li>
<li>Recent cleanup history stays visible in the activity log.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, bug reports, or feature requests, please visit:</p>
<p>https://mkaion.com/duplicate-and-auto-draft-cleaner</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Plugin developed by Mainul Kabir Aion.</p>


Duplicate and Auto Draft Cleaner


What I like about this plugin is that it doesn't show a custom graded shiny new page design with complex options and shove it down your throat with premium options. It's simple and does what it's intended to do. 5 stars from me.


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