Hi everyone,

One of the most frustrating WordPress problems I deal with is this:

The site — or wp-admin — feels slow, but there’s no obvious reason why.

People clear caches, disable random plugins, optimize the database and hope something improves.

I wanted something that approached the problem differently.

So I rebuilt an old plugin of mine, Cache Cleaner – Scheduled, into:

Cache Cleaner X-Ray – Performance & Database Diagnostics

The idea is not simply to clean more things.

It is to help answer:

What is actually creating pressure inside this WordPress installation?

X-Ray checks areas such as:

• cache configuration and the active caching system
• autoloaded options
• database size and growth
• Action Scheduler / background jobs
• failed and overdue actions
• WP-Cron
• revisions and expired data
• likely plugin ownership where it can be identified safely

It then tries to explain the findings in normal language instead of just throwing database tables and technical values at you.

For example, rather than saying:

autoload = 2.8 MB

the goal is closer to:

“WordPress is loading around 2.8 MB of options on every request. These three options account for most of it.”

Safety was also a big priority.

If the plugin cannot confidently determine that something is disposable, it doesn't automatically delete it.

Unknown plugin data stays review-only.

The original cache features are still there too: cache-system detection, Smart Purge, scheduled maintenance and cache warming.

It is completely free

• No Pro version
• No locked features
• No telemetry
• No required external service
• Diagnostics stay local

WordPress.org:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-cleaner/

I’d especially like feedback from people running older WordPress/WooCommerce sites, sites with slow wp-admin, large databases, or lots of background jobs.

If you test it, I’m most interested in this:

Did X-Ray actually reveal something useful about why the site was under pressure?

And if it reports something that looks wrong or confusing, I want to hear that too.

Thanks