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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 28, 2026

Best Sanitize Plugins for WordPress

18 plugins are tagged “sanitize” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Clean Image Filenames with 30K+ active installs.

Plugins in category18
#1 by installsClean Image Filenames
Top-18 installs44.7K+
Avg. health (this page)35/100

18 Sanitize plugins

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Best Sanitize Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Clean Image Filenames Clean Image Filenames This plugin automatically converts language accent characters to non-accent characters in… by Upperdog 30K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (21) 9 months ago 61
2 Filenames to latin Filenames to latin Sanitize filenames to latin during upload. by webvitalii 9K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (14) 6 years ago 41
3 Clean Filenames Clean Filenames Removes or replace international or special characters that can make your filenames not… by Samuel Aguilera 3K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (8) 1 year ago 41
4 BEA – Sanitize Filename BEA – Sanitize Filename Remove all punctuation and accents from the filename of uploaded files. by BE API 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4) 6 months ago 62
5 WP Sanitize Accented Uploads WP Sanitize Accented Uploads Simple plugin which removes accented characters from uploaded files. by Onni Hakala 800+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 10 years ago 34
6 MD5 Media Renamer MD5 Media Renamer Sanitize and rename automatically media files during upload using PHP time() as prefix and… by neoslab 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 13 years ago 34
7 Healthy filename Healthy filename Automatically clean the filenames. by Kantari Samy 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 5 years ago 25
8 Space Remover Space Remover Space Remover removes any leading or trailing spaces from your post and page content… by mgwe 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3) 10 years ago 31
9 LS Sanitize Greek Filename LS Sanitize Greek Filename Automatically replaces Greek characters in filename with their corresponding Latin… by lenasterg 80+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 years ago 34
10 Aucor URL Sanitizer Aucor URL Sanitizer Converts Cyrillic, Georgian, Arabic and Chinese characters in post, term slugs and media… by Generaxion 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 7 years ago 25
11 Content Cleaner Content Cleaner Automatically removes non-printable characters, including the ETX character, from content… by colin3440 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 10 years ago 24
12 Strings Sanitizer Strings Sanitizer Aggressively sanitizes titles for clean, SEO friendly post slugs, and media filenames… by Prospek Creation 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 14 years ago 31
13 Support SVG – Upload svg files in wordpress without hassle Support SVG – Upload svg files in wordpress without hassle This plugin will help you to upload svg format image in WordPress media library regardless… by Sayedul Sayem 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 8 months ago 39
14 Clean Media Library File Names Clean Media Library File Names This plugin cleans uploaded file names to remove special characters and spaces. by webdeveric 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 11 years ago 23
15 Hebrew username Hebrew username Add Hebrew characters to sanitize_user by DrMosko 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 11 years ago 23
16 The Definitive URL Sanitizer The Definitive URL Sanitizer The Definitive URL Sanitizer is a simple plugin that really sanitizes posts URL by dmnet 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 14 years ago 23
17 Sanitize DB Sanitize DB The plugin sanitizes the database by removing the unused meta entries and other unlinked… by anku1991 <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 4 years ago 21
18 CodePros SVG Secure Support CodePros SVG Secure Support Highly secure SVG upload support for WordPress. Validates, sanitizes, and protects SVG… by codeprosai <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 4 months ago 49

Top Sanitize plugins, head to head

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How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

woocommerce 11.9Kwidget 5.1Kseo 3.5Kadmin 3Kpost 2.8Kshortcode 2.5KAI 2.3Kposts 2.2Ksecurity 2.1Kcomments 2.1Kecommerce 2Kimages 1.8Kemail 1.8Kimage 1.7Kgoogle 1.6Kanalytics 1.6Kgutenberg 1.5Kfacebook 1.5Kelementor 1.5Ktwitter 1.5Kgallery 1.5Klogin 1.5Ksidebar 1.3Kcontent 1.3Kpayment gateway 1.3Kblock 1.2Ksocial 1.2Kperformance 1.2Kpayment 1.2Kvideo 1.2Kpage 1.2Kmedia 1.1Kwidgets 1.1Kslider 1.1Ke-commerce 1.1Kcontact form 1Kspam 1Kchatbot 1Ksearch 994links 979

FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026

What is the most popular sanitize plugin for WordPress?

Clean Image Filenames is the most popular sanitize plugin with 30K+ active installs and a 4.6/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many sanitize plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 18 plugins tagged “sanitize” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which sanitize plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Clean Image Filenames has the highest rating at 4.6/5 from 21 reviews.

Are these sanitize plugins actively maintained?

0 of the top 18 sanitize plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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