Title: Phantom Record Buster
Author: Rob Holmes
Published: <strong>March 29, 2026</strong>
Last modified: March 29, 2026

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# Phantom Record Buster

 By [Rob Holmes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robholmes7/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/phantom-record-buster.1.3.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/phantom-record-buster/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/phantom-record-buster/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/phantom-record-buster/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/phantom-record-buster/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/phantom-record-buster/)

## Description

Phantom Record Buster is a lightweight tool designed to identify and remove orphaned
or ‘phantom’ records from your WordPress database. It helps maintain site performance
by keeping your database clean and efficient.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Access the settings via the Tools menu.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Phantom Record Buster” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Rob Holmes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robholmes7/)

[Translate “Phantom Record Buster” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/phantom-record-buster)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phantom-record-buster/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/phantom-record-buster/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/phantom-record-buster/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/phantom-record-buster/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.3.0

 * Initial stable release.
 * Corrected plugin header metadata for repository compatibility.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3.0**
 *  Last updated **7 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [cleanup](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cleanup/)[database](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/database/)
   [optimization](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/optimization/)[performance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)
   [records](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/records/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/phantom-record-buster/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Rob Holmes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robholmes7/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/phantom-record-buster/)