Description

Intouch Orphan Table Cleaner is an essential tool to keep your WordPress database clean and optimized. When you uninstall plugins, they often leave behind “orphan” tables that consume space, clutter your database, and can slow down your site over time. This plugin intelligently scans your database to identify these unnecessary tables and helps you manage them.

The plugin uses an extensive local dictionary of known plugins and table structures, ensuring that it correctly identifies exactly which plugin an orphaned table belonged to.

Key Features:

Smart Scanner: Identify abandoned database tables left by uninstalled plugins.
Smart Dictionary: Safely maps tables to their original plugins using an extensive built-in mapping system.
Dry Run Mode: Temporarily suspend tables by renaming them safely before committing to permanent deletion.
Single Table Backup: Download single-table backups directly from the admin panel.
Database Optimization: Reclaim fragmented overhead space with one click.

External services

This plugin uses Freemius to handle plugin updates, optional license activation for the paid upgrade, and anonymous, opt-in diagnostic usage data (you are asked for consent on activation and can decline).

Service: Freemius (https://freemius.com)
Data sent: plugin slug/version, site URL, and (only if you opt in) anonymous, non-personal usage data used to check for updates and, for opted-in sites, to improve the plugin.
Terms of Use: https://freemius.com/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/

Aside from Freemius, this plugin does not connect to any other external service. All orphan-table detection runs locally against a built-in dictionary of known plugin table prefixes; no data about your database is sent anywhere.

InTouchDesign’s own Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (covering this website and paid plugin purchases) are available at:
* Terms of Use: https://dev.intouchdesign.it/terms/
* Privacy Policy: https://dev.intouchdesign.it/privacy/

Screenshots

The main Scanner dashboard showing orphan tables mapped to their original plugins.

The Suspended (Trash) tab, where safely suspended tables can be restored or permanently deleted. — The main Scanner dashboard showing orphan tables mapped to their original plugins.

Installation

Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/intouch-orphan-table-cleaner directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
Access the Intouch Orphan Table Cleaner dashboard from your WordPress admin menu to start scanning for orphan tables.

FAQ

Is it safe to delete orphan tables?: While the plugin is designed to carefully identify tables that are no longer in use, it is highly recommended to create a full database backup before deleting any tables. A backup ensures you can easily restore your data if something goes wrong.
Will this break my site?: The plugin allows you to test table removal using Dry Run (Suspend) mode first. Furthermore, it uses a smart mapping system to protect core WordPress tables and popular shared libraries (like Action Scheduler).

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Contributors & Developers

“Intouch Orphan Table Cleaner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.1.3

Fix: Emergency-restore standalone page now loads its stylesheet via wp_register_style()/wp_enqueue_style() instead of an echoed <link> tag, per WordPress.org review feedback.

1.1.2

Fix: Removed all inline style attributes and onclick handlers from the admin dashboard screen; moved to the enqueued CSS/JS files per Guideline standards.
Fix: Asset cache-busting version was hardcoded and had drifted from the plugin version; now driven by a single IOTC_VERSION constant.
Fix: Corrected a fragile plugins_url() base-path argument in the emergency-restore AJAX handler.
Fix: Narrowed the Wordfence table-prefix match (wf) to reduce false-positive orphan detection on unrelated tables.

1.1.1

Fix: Excluded .claude and skills-lock.json dev tooling files from the production ZIP (.distignore).
Fix: Corrected “External services” section in readme.txt to properly disclose Freemius (the actual external service used) with valid Terms of Use/Privacy Policy links, and updated InTouchDesign’s own Terms/Privacy links to live pages.
Fix: Unified emergency-restore table rename query to use $wpdb->prepare() with %i identifier placeholders.
Fix: Updated hardcoded asset cache-busting version to match plugin version.
Fix: Restored a missing closing brace in class-iotc-actions.php (fatal parse error introduced by a prior edit).

1.1.0

Fix: Removed all license checks and gated logic from free cron code.
Fix: Updated Terms and Privacy URLs in readme.txt to valid public pages.
Fix: Removed ABSPATH string replacement in emergency-restore script per Guideline location standards.
Fix: Removed inline styles from emergency restore page to use enqueued CSS.
Fix: Excluded .wordpress-org folder from production release zip package.

1.0.9

Fix: Updated Freemius initialization for WordPress.org compliance.
Fix: Separated Pro features trait for clean free vs pro deployment.
Fix: Aligned menu page slugs and asset enqueue URLs.

1.0.8

Fix: Resolved trialware guidelines compliance by removing Pro locks/teasers in free mode.
Fix: Separated premium code actions into a trait for conditional loading.
Fix: Removed inline styles from emergency restore script and extracted them to CSS file.
Fix: Excluded po/mo translation files from package to use translate.wordpress.org.

1.0.7

Fix: Inlined $wpdb->prepare calls inside $wpdb->query to satisfy strict WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared coding standard checks.

1.0.6

Fix: Prefixed AJAX actions and cron hooks with iotc_ to comply with Plugin Guidelines.
Security: Refactored SQL queries to use $wpdb->prepare() with the %i identifier placeholder for safe schema modifications.
Fix: Excluded build artifacts and hidden directories from deployment zip to comply with WordPress.org Plugin Checker.

1.0.5

Fix: Addressed strict edge cases in Plugin Checker for I18n translations on error responses.
Fix: Adjusted ABSPATH security check structure in emergency-restore script to pass static AST tests.

1.0.4

Fix: Preserved I18n translation comments during Freemius minification by extracting strings into variables.
Fix: Added direct database query overrides and ABSPATH fallbacks for emergency-restore.php.

1.0.3

Fix: Addressed WordPress Plugin Checker errors (i18n missing translators comments, unprefixed variables/functions, and emergency restore security).

1.0.2

Minor fixes.

1.0.0

Initial release on WordPress.org repository.