PRBLEM Sweep
Safe WordPress cleanup intelligence for database clutter, media, cron signals, plugin leftovers and guarded cleanup.
Solid choice
PRBLEM Sweep is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 64/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 4 weeks ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
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Rankings
Where PRBLEM Sweep stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| cleanup | >100 |
| cron | >100 |
| database | >100 |
| maintenance | >100 |
| media | >100 |
About PRBLEM Sweep
From the official readme · v1.6.0Description
PRBLEM Sweep is a conservative WordPress maintenance utility built around a simple rule: understand first, classify risk, and never silently treat ambiguous data as disposable.
PRBLEM Sweep builds on Recovery Guard, Duplicate Media and Autoload Inspector with five focused maintenance areas:
- Cleanup Rules — configurable boundaries for revision retention, stale auto drafts, trashed posts, spam comments and trashed comments. Rules only narrow candidate sets; they never promote REVIEW data to SAFE.
- Cron Inspector — read-only WordPress Cron visibility with cautious naming signals when a hook resembles a plugin observed being removed. Cron is never unscheduled automatically.
- Plugin Leftover Intelligence v2 — pre-delete snapshots now include options, transients, tables, post meta keys, user meta keys, WordPress Cron hooks and active Action Scheduler hooks. All residue remains PROTECTED and inspection-only.
- Never Touch Guards — explicit owner protections for database cleanup categories, media attachment IDs, option names, tables and cron hooks. Database authorization and media actions check guards at action time.
- Before / After Reports — database cleanup actions record bounded candidate counts and database-footprint estimates before and after cleanup. Storage-engine allocation may remain stable even after rows are correctly removed.
Existing safeguards remain:
- Database cleanup creates bounded recovery points before removal and stops when a required snapshot cannot be stored.
- Duplicate media scanning uses SHA-256 and never treats duplicate bytes alone as permission to remove an attachment.
- Possible unused and duplicate media are re-checked immediately before being moved to WordPress Trash.
- Autoload inspection remains read-only.
- Naming similarity is evidence, not proof, so plugin residue deletion stays locked.
Compact workspaces keep the page short:
- Overview — Quick Sweep and a small intelligence queue.
- Database — Candidates / Cleanup Rules subviews.
- Media — Possible Unused / Duplicate Files subviews.
- Leftovers — compact removal history plus a collapsed seven-area residue inspector.
- System — Storage / Autoload / Cron / Never Touch / Recovery / Reports subviews.
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Changelog
1.6.0
- Refreshed the WordPress admin visual system to match the PRBLEM Sweep public brand: cream surfaces, charcoal panels and lime SafeClean accents.
- Added a live status ring and compact Database, Media, Leftovers and Recovery metrics to the main hero.
- Reworked Overview cards, primary cleanup CTA, status badges and workspace navigation for clearer hierarchy without changing cleanup policy or backend behavior.
- Preserved the tested 1.5.2 SafeClean, Recovery, Cron, media, leftover and Never Touch logic unchanged.
1.5.2
- Tightened Cron Inspector removed-plugin matching to prevent generic words such as check, update, plugin, cron, and task from creating false REVIEW signals.
- Exact cron hooks captured before plugin deletion now provide the strongest leftover evidence; fallback naming signals require a full slug or distinctive token boundary match.
1.5.1
- Prepared plugin metadata, licensing and readme content for WordPress.org distribution.
- Clarified recovery results by separating logical cleanup items from physical database rows restored.
- Fixed transient-pair recovery accounting so one cleanup item is reported as one restored item.
- Prevented active or reinstalled plugins from being reported as removed-plugin Cron leftovers when an older installation used a different folder name.
- Marked historical residue from a currently installed plugin as reinstalled/active and excluded it from active leftover counts.
- Improved duplicate-media scan diagnostics with attachment, readable-file, size-collision, hash-file and byte counters.
- Hardened WordPress.org Plugin Check compatibility for prepared queries, identifier placeholders and read-only admin request handling.
- Kept Cleanup Rules, Never Touch guards, read-only inspectors, Recovery Guard and media Trash safeguards unchanged.
1.5.0
- Added rule-aware cleanup boundaries for revisions, auto drafts, trash posts, spam comments and trash comments.
- Added read-only WordPress Cron Inspector with removed-plugin naming signals.
- Expanded Plugin Removal Watch to residue intelligence v2 across seven evidence areas.
- Added Never Touch guards for database categories, media IDs, options, tables and cron hooks.
- Database and media action-time checks now honor explicit guards.
- Added before/after cleanup reports with database-footprint snapshots and row-removal counts.
- Added compact Database Rules and System Cron / Guard / Reports subviews.
- Kept plugin residue deletion and cron unscheduling locked.
1.4.0
- Added bounded Recovery Guard for database cleanup actions.
- Cleanup is cancelled when a required recovery point cannot be stored safely.
- Added seven-day recovery retention, ten-point limit and 5 MiB per-point safety cap.
- Added restore conflict protection: existing post/comment IDs are never overwritten.
- Added manual SHA-256 duplicate-image scanning with 300-attachment and 256 MiB hash budgets.
- Duplicate media is never auto-deleted; only duplicate attachments that also pass the unused-media re-check can be moved to WordPress Trash.
- Added read-only Autoload Inspector with largest-option size signals and cautious possible-owner hints.
1.3.0
- Replaced the long single-page dashboard with compact workspace navigation.
- Added Overview, Database, Media, Leftovers and System workspaces.
- Added Quick Sweep for current SAFE database categories.
- Added selectable SAFE database bulk cleanup.
- Added orphan post meta, comment meta and term meta cleanup.
- Added guarded bulk media Trash actions with fresh candidate checks.
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FAQ
PRBLEM Sweep: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 6, 2026
Is PRBLEM Sweep free?
Yes. PRBLEM Sweep is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is PRBLEM Sweep safe to use in 2026?
PRBLEM Sweep is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 64/100 on our health check.
How many websites use PRBLEM Sweep?
PRBLEM Sweep is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 154 times since it launched in September 2026. It was downloaded 159 times in the last 30 days.
Does PRBLEM Sweep work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested PRBLEM Sweep up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.2 or newer.
What PHP version does PRBLEM Sweep need?
PRBLEM Sweep requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was PRBLEM Sweep last updated?
The latest version, 1.6.0, was released on September 8, 2026 (4 weeks ago).
Who makes PRBLEM Sweep?
PRBLEM Sweep is developed and maintained by PRBLEM.
What are the best alternatives to PRBLEM Sweep?
The most popular alternatives to PRBLEM Sweep are WP-Sweep (100K+ installs), Simple Revisions Delete (10K+ installs) and Delete Duplicate Posts (10K+ installs).
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