MegaWix Technologies

Mega Database Cleanup is a modern, high-performance cleanup utility built to remove unused, empty, bloated, or orphaned metadata from your WordPress database — safely and automatically.
It includes a smart scanner, preview mode, ACF pattern cleanup, scheduled tasks, and full backup support. Ideal for site owners, developers, agencies, and power users who want a faster & cleaner database without risking important data.
Version 2.0.0 introduces a completely rewritten modular architecture, a real-time Health Dashboard, and targeted cleanup modules for post revisions, trash, spam comments, and expired transients.
<h4>Highlights</h4>
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Health Score Dashboard 
Real-time visual representation of your database health and performance at a glance. [NEW in 2.0.0]
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Targeted Cleanup Modules 
Fast, one-click optimization for Post Revisions, Trashed Content, Spam Comments, and Expired Transients. [NEW in 2.0.0]
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Empty / Unused Meta Scanner 
Detects empty, null, serialized-empty, or JSON-empty metadata across Post, User, Term, and Comment tables.
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ACF Cleanup Engine 
Automatically identifies patterns used by Advanced Custom Fields to detect orphan entries.
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Safety Vault System 
Automatically secures deleted revisions and junk data in a temporary vault for easy recovery. [NEW in 2.0.0]
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Snapshot Management 
Create manual snapshots of your metadata before cleanup and restore them whenever needed. [NEW in 2.0.0]
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Real-Time Safe Preview 
See exactly what will be deleted before confirming cleanup.
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Backup Before Delete 
All removed metadata can be stored in a dedicated backup table / snapshot.
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Scheduled Cleanup (WP-Cron) 
Cleanup can run automatically (daily, weekly).
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Retention Rules 
Keep the latest N meta rows per meta_key (default: 3).
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Safe & Secure 
Full validation, sanitization, and capability checks included.
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One-Click Full Cleanup 
Delete unused metadata across the entire database.
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Custom Cleanup Patterns 
Add or remove ACF-like patterns (SQL LIKE rules).
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Activation Welcome Popup 
On first activation, optionally subscribe to optimization tips and anonymous diagnostic sync.
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Deactivation Feedback 
If you deactivate the plugin, an optional feedback popup appears so you can share why.
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<h4>Who Is This For?</h4>
Website Owners 
– Improve site performance and reduce database size safely.
Agencies & Developers 
– Maintain clean data structures, especially on large sites.
ACF Users 
– Automatically remove leftover fields that accumulate over time.
Performance Optimizers 
– Speed up queries by removing thousands of useless meta rows.
<h4>Why Mega Database Cleanup Is Different</h4>
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<li>Designed for large databases </li>
<li>Uses safe preview mode </li>
<li>Runs scheduled cleanups automatically </li>
<li>Creates a backup of every deleted row </li>
<li>Safety Vault prevents permanent loss of revisions and trashed data</li>
<li>Preserves the Latest 3 entries for absolute safety </li>
<li>Uses optimized SQL queries for predictable performance</li>
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<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
Mega Database Cleanup is committed to transparency regarding user data:
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<li>No external data transmission — No information ever leaves your site.</li>
<li>Activation popup (optional) — If you enter your email in the welcome popup, it is saved to your site’s <code>wp_options</code> table (<code>mdbcp_subscriber_email</code>). It is never sent to any third-party server. You can skip this step entirely.</li>
<li>Deactivation feedback (optional) — If you submit a deactivation reason, it is saved locally to your site’s <code>wp_options</code> table (<code>mdbcp_deactivation_log</code>). It is never sent externally. You can skip this step entirely.</li>
<li>Database backups — Backup data is stored in a dedicated custom table on your own database server.</li>
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<h3>Developer Hooks</h3>
<h4>Filters</h4>
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<li><code>mega_db_cleanup_patterns</code> – Modify cleanup patterns </li>
<li><code>mega_db_cleanup_retention_limit</code> – Change default “keep latest N” count </li>
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<h4>Actions</h4>
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<li><code>mega_db_cleanup_before_delete</code> – Fires before deletion </li>
<li><code>mega_db_cleanup_after_delete</code> – Fires after deletion</li>
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<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed with ❤️ by <a href="https://www.megawix.com" rel="nofollow ugc">MegaWix Technologies</a>
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<li>Plugin Development: MegaWix Technologies</li>
<li>Testing & QA: MegaWix Technologies</li>
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<h3>Support</h3>
Need help? Have a question or feature request?
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<li>Website: https://www.megawix.com</li>
<li>Email: info@megawix.com</li>
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We are committed to providing reliable support and regular updates to ensure this plugin remains compatible with the latest WordPress versions.

Mega Database Cleanup

A powerful and safe WP database cleanup tool with ACF orphan removal, empty meta scanning, scheduled automation, backups, and real-time preview mode.

Sumit Singh

WP Extended Search is a lightweight and powerful search plugin.
With this plugin you can customize WordPress search to search in Post Meta, Author names, Categories, Tags, or Custom Taxonomies via admin settings. You can control the default behavior of WordPress to search in the post title, post content, and post excerpt.
Apart from customizing default search behavior, you can create multiple search settings, and then you can assign these settings to custom search forms. 
For custom search forms, you have the option to choose from a widget, shortcode, PHP function, or HTML.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Search in selected meta keys</li>
<li>Search in category, tags or custom taxonomies</li>
<li>Search in the post author name</li>
<li>Include or exclude any public post type</li>
<li>Control whether to search in title or content or excerpt or all</li>
<li>Compatible with WooCommerce. Search in product SKU, Attributes, variations, and custom fields, etc.</li>
<li>Create unlimited search settings to use with custom search forms.</li>
<li>Add search forms using a widget, shortcode or PHP function. Also works with custom searchform.php</li>
<li>Exclude old content from search results (Older than admin specified date)</li>
<li>Customize the number of posts to display on the search results page</li>
<li>Customize SQL relation (AND/OR) between search terms</li>
<li>Customize order of search results</li>
<li>Control whether to match search query exactly or partially</li>
<li>Limit attachment results by mime type e.g. display only pdf files in search results.</li>
<li>Translation ready</li>
<li>Compatible with WPML</li>
</ul>
<h4>Links</h4>
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<li><a href="https://wpes.secretsofgeeks.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/5um17/wp-extended-search" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></li>
</ul>

WP Extended Search


Absolutely love it when we look for a plugin, find one, it's simple to use and it works straight away.



Great work guys!


Works Perfectly

Great plugin!

Extend search functionality to search in selected post meta, taxonomies, post types, and all authors.

Mega Database Cleanup vs WP Extended Search