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Best WordPress Plugins for Database

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Database

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for database comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. WP-Optimize Best overall 95/100
  2. 2. Database Addon for Contact Form 7 93/100
  3. 3. Advanced Database Cleaner 90/100
  4. 4. Search Regex 88/100
  5. 5. WP-Sweep 88/100
  6. 6. Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms 88/100
  7. 7. Go Live Update Urls 87/100
  8. 8. Database Addon For WPForms 87/100
  9. 9. Advanced Contact form 7 DB 86/100
  10. 10. Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions 86/100
  11. 11. WP-DBManager 86/100
  12. 12. Index WP MySQL For Speed 86/100
  13. 13. Better Find and Replace 86/100
  14. 14. Docket Cache 86/100
  15. 15. Advanced WordPress Reset 86/100
1 WP-Optimize
Best overall Free by David Anderson / Team Updraft

WP-Optimize

Get caching and more with this powerful cache plugin. Cache, optimize images, clean your database and minify for maximum performance.

4.8★
from 2,606 ratings
1M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
95

WPScore

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3 Advanced Database Cleaner
Free by Younes JFR.

Advanced Database Cleaner

Clean database by deleting orphaned data such as 'revisions', 'expired transients', optimize database and more...

4.9★
from 1,950 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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4 Search Regex
Free by John Godley

Search Regex

Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and other data.

4.7★
from 101 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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5 WP-Sweep
Free by Lester Chan

WP-Sweep

WP-Sweep allows you to clean up unused, orphaned and duplicated data in your WordPress. It also optimizes your database tables.

4.7★
from 138 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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9 Advanced Contact form 7 DB
Free by Vsourz Digital

Advanced Contact form 7 DB

Save all contact form 7 form submitted data to the database, View, Ordering, Change field labels and Import/Export data using CSV.

4.5★
from 44 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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12 Index WP MySQL For Speed
Free by OllieJones

Index WP MySQL For Speed

Speed up your WordPress site by adding high-performance keys (database indexes) to your MariaDB / MySQL database tables.

4.8★
from 99 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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13 Better Find and Replace
Free by CodeSolz Software Park

Better Find and Replace

Search and replace text, images, URLs, footer credits, code blocks or jQuery-Ajax content in real time or in Database, easy user-interface

4.6★
from 171 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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14 Docket Cache
Free by Nawawi Jamili

Docket Cache

Speed up your WordPress site with a persistent object cache, powered by OPcache. An efficient alternative to Redis and Memcached.

4.9★
from 50 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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15 Advanced WordPress Reset
Free by Younes JFR.

Advanced WordPress Reset

The ultimate solution for resetting your WordPress database or specific components to their default settings using the advanced reset features.

4.9★
from 1,233 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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