Revision Reaper

Removes old post revisions, trashed items, spam comments, and stale transients from your WordPress database on a schedule you set.

What it does

• Removes old post revisions past a keep count you choose
• Empties trashed posts and pages on schedule
• Clears spam and unapproved comments
• Deletes expired transients from the options table
• Runs on WP-Cron at an interval you configure
• Shows a dry-run preview so you can see what would go before anything is deleted
• Reports how much the database shrank after a cleanup

Requirements

• WordPress 6.4 or later
• PHP 8.1 or later

Installation

1. Upload the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/thisismyurl-revision-reaper/.
2. Activate it from the WordPress Plugins screen.
3. Open Tools > Revision Reaper.
4. Set your cleanup thresholds and schedule.
5. Run a dry-run preview first, then turn on the scheduled cleanup.

What it won't touch

Revision Reaper only deletes data WordPress already treats as redundant or temporary:

• Post revisions beyond the keep count you set
• Items already sitting in the Trash, which a user flagged for deletion
• Spam and unapproved comments
• Expired transients

Published content, media, and user data are never removed.

Versioning

Versions follow X.Yjjj.hhmm — year, Julian day, 24-hour time of the build.

About

Revision Reaper is built and maintained by Christopher Ross. I build focused WordPress tools for problems that keep showing up across real sites. No tracking, no ads, no upsells.

WordPress.org: profiles.wordpress.org/thisismyurl · GitHub: github.com/thisismyurl · LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/thisismyurl

License

GPL-2.0-or-later. See LICENSE.