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Total downloads: 1,144
Active installs: 0
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 14 language(s)
Contributors: 4
Last updated: 4/10/2025 (265 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/16/2024 (1 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 6.5
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 265 days ago

38/100

Is Unwanted Cleaner abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 265 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.5
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.0

Ratings

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Developers

Presskopp (Owner)1hassantafreshi (Owner)2Presskopp2hassantafreshi1

Languages

Spanish (Spain)32,360Dutch30,206French (France)20,849German19,853Italian15,565Swedish14,890Persian8,053Spanish (Chile)8,024Ukrainian7,073Turkish6,934Portuguese (Portugal)5,491Arabic4,417Indonesian3,019

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Description

The Unwanted Cleaner plugin helps you automatically remove unnecessary plugins and themes from your WordPress site. Designed to streamline your site management, it ensures that any plugins or themes you designate as “unwanted” are deleted immediately after WordPress core updates. You can also manually remove unwanted plugins and themes at any time through a simple interface in the admin dashboard.

Key Features

  • Automatic Cleanups: Automatically removes specified plugins and themes after WordPress core updates, keeping your site clutter-free.
  • Manual Deletions: Easily delete unwanted plugins and themes from your admin dashboard whenever you choose, without waiting for an update.
  • Easy Management: Add or remove items from your unwanted list through an intuitive settings page.
  • Search Feature: Quickly find and add any plugin or theme to the unwanted list using a built-in search functionality.

This plugin is ideal for users who wish to prevent unwanted items from being reinstalled during core updates or who prefer to keep their WordPress installation clean and optimized with minimal effort.
Uninstall plugins and themes automatically by selecting them as unwanted.

Installation

Upload the plugin to your blog/website, activate it.
To manage the list of unwanted plugins and themes, click the Unwanted Cleaner icon in the Admin Menu

Frequently Asked Questions

Why the name: Unwanted Cleaner

Because you don’t want the plugin to be installed on your site or
Because you want a plugin to delete unwanted plugins and themes so your place will be tidy and clean

Why should I use this plugin

You don’t need to! But if you don’t like the fact of plugins and themes being automatically installed when you upgrade or reinstall WordPress, this plugin may be for you.

I install one plugin to get rid of other plugins? Really?

Yes. I can understand if you want to to the dirty work yourself. But if not, this plugin might be just the thing for you.
Also if there are other plugins and themes you don’t want to have installed on your website, you’ve come to the right place!

How do add a plugin or a theme to that unwanted list?

Since UC v1.1.1 you can search for any official plugin or theme you know the name of (or a part of it)

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Screenshots

  1. Plugins Tab of Unwanted Cleaner

    Plugins Tab of Unwanted Cleaner

  2. Themes Tab of Unwanted Cleaner

    Themes Tab of Unwanted Cleaner

Changelog

1.1.4

Tested against WP v6.8

1.1.3

Bugfix: Themes didn’t get deleted always
Bugfix: Some small errors got fixed

1.1.2

Bugfix: Missing assets

1.1.1

Bugfix: Version number mismatch

1.1

New feature: Themes can now be deleted, finally!
Enhancement: Completely new and shiny UI/UX
Bugfix: All strings, even error messages, are now translatable, oops

1.0.0

Initial Release

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