About this plugin
Duplicate and Auto Draft Cleaner helps WordPress site owners keep the database cleaner by removing stale drafts, finding duplicate posts, and giving admins safer cleanup controls before anything is deleted.
Why site owners use it
When drafts pile up and duplicate posts slip into a site, the admin area becomes harder to manage and content cleanup becomes risky. This plugin focuses on a simple workflow:
- Review drafts and duplicates from one settings screen.
- Filter what you want to clean before taking action.
- Confirm manual deletions before they run.
- Track recent cleanup activity for better transparency.
- Automate repeat cleanup tasks on a schedule.
Key features
- Remove old draft and auto-draft posts manually or automatically.
- Detect duplicate posts and pages based on matching titles within the selected post type and status filters.
- Move drafts and duplicate posts to Trash or permanently delete them, depending on your settings.
- Review the last 20 cleanup actions in the activity log.
- Confirm manual delete actions before cleanup starts.
- Run cleanup every 5 minutes, hourly, twice daily, daily, weekly, or monthly.
- Limit cleanup by post type and duplicate status filters.
- See the last successful automated draft and duplicate cleanup times from the settings screen.
What you can manage
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Draft Cleaner
Clean old drafts by age, choose allowed post types, and decide whether selected drafts go to Trash or are permanently deleted.
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Duplicate Cleaner
Review duplicate content, filter by post type and post status, then move selected duplicates to Trash or delete them permanently.
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Automation
Enable scheduled draft cleanup and scheduled duplicate cleanup separately from the plugin settings page.
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Cleanup Activity Log
See the latest cleanup actions with date, cleanup type, and number of items deleted.
Safe cleanup workflow
The plugin is designed to reduce accidental data loss:
- Manual cleanup actions show a confirmation dialog before deletion.
- Draft cleanup can be routed to Trash instead of permanent deletion.
- Recent cleanup history stays visible in the activity log.
Support
For support, bug reports, or feature requests, please visit:
com/duplicate-and-auto-draft-cleaner
Credits
Plugin developed by Mainul Kabir Aion.