CloudScale Cleanup — Free WordPress Database Cleaner, Image Optimizer & Cron Manager

WP-Optimize and Advanced Database Cleaner charge $39–$99/year for database cleanup that should be free. CloudScale Cleanup gives you a full WordPress database optimiser: delete post revisions, expired transients, auto-drafts, trashed posts, spam comments, and orphaned post metadata — with a dry-run preview showing exactly what will be deleted before you commit. Includes a media library orphan scanner, bulk image optimisation (lossy and lossless), PNG-to-JPEG conversion to reduce file sizes by up to 70%, and a live WP-Cron management console to inspect, run, reschedule, or delete any scheduled event. All operations logged. Completely free, open source, no subscription, no premium tier.

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Free & Open Source · No Subscription · Full Feature Set Included

WP-Optimize and Advanced Database Cleaner charge $39–$99/year for features that should be free.

CloudScale Cleanup gives you a complete database optimiser, media orphan scanner, bulk image optimiser (lossy and lossless), PNG-to-JPEG conversion, and a live WP-Cron management console — with a dry-run preview showing exactly what will be deleted before you commit anything. Completely free, no premium tier, no upsells, source code on GitHub.

✓ Dry-run preview before delete ✓ Bulk image optimiser ✓ WP-Cron manager ✓ Media orphan scanner

CloudScale vs Paid Database Cleaners

WP-Optimize / Advanced DB Cleaner vs CloudScale (free)

1 Advanced cleanup features cost $39–$99/year All features free, no premium tier

2 No dry-run — deletes without showing you what goes Dry-run preview: see exactly what will be deleted first

3 Image compression is a separate plugin or premium add-on Lossy/lossless image optimiser and PNG→JPEG conversion built in

4 No WP-Cron visibility — scheduled events are a black box Live WP-Cron console: view, run, reschedule, or delete any event

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CloudScale Cleanup — Free WordPress Database Cleaner, Image Optimizer & Cron Manager

WP-Optimize and Advanced Database Cleaner charge $39–$99/year for features that should be free.

CloudScale vs Paid Database Cleaners

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Site Health

Database Cleanup

Media Library Cleanup

Image Optimisation

PNG to JPEG Converter

Cron