Transient Cleaner

76 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only 1,000 active installs it sits in niche territory, but the score still landed well above its cap thanks to strong performance elsewhere.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated 2 December 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, so maintenance is clearly a priority for the developer.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 23 reviewers is impressive, though the small sample size means the rating is more directional than statistically definitive.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads, both open and resolved, means there is no track record to evaluate and no public community knowledge base to lean on.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.4 and requiring only PHP 7.4 plus WordPress 4.4, the compatibility surface is broad and modern.

Scores higher than 46% of indexed plugins

About

Clean expired transients from your options table. The original and best!

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-08-20 8:19am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.4+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Transient Cleaner removes expired transients from your WordPress options table, the temporary cached data that plugins and themes leave behind. It runs either on demand or automatically in the background to keep the options table from bloating with stale cache entries. The result is a leaner database and fewer slow queries on busy sites.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for site owners who notice their wp_options table growing large because of plugin or theme activity, particularly on high-traffic sites, WooCommerce stores, or multi-plugin installations that generate a lot of transient data. It is also a good fit for anyone on shared hosting where database size directly affects backup speed and query performance.

Who Should Skip It

If you already use a database optimisation plugin like WP-Optimize that handles transients as part of a broader clean-up routine, you do not need this standalone tool. Sites with low plugin counts and minimal traffic will see little practical benefit.

The Bottom Line

Transient Cleaner is a focused, well-maintained utility that does one job and does it well, scoring 73.92 overall with perfect ratings from its users. Its main weaknesses are a tiny install base and a complete absence of public support threads, which makes it harder to gauge long-term reliability. For site owners who already trust the Artiss ecosystem and want a lightweight, single-purpose database tidy-up tool, it is a sensible choice.

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Super Page Cache 90/100

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WP-Optimize 89/100

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WP Fastest Cache 89/100

Pick this when you need full-page static caching for speed gains that go far beyond database hygiene.

Redux Framework 87/100

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WP Super Cache 87/100

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