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Archivum Pro · add-on to the free plugin

Set the rules once.
The daily check does the rest.

Pro archives what has been off for too long, clears out what has sat in the archive for too long, and tells you before anything is deleted. Built for people who look after more than one site.

The daily check

From switched off to cleaned up,
with a person in the loop.

Every period is yours to set, in days, weeks or months. These are the defaults.

What Pro adds

Everything in the free plugin, plus:

automatic archiving

Archive after a period you choose

Days, weeks or months inactive. Keep any plugin out with a tick. On a network it checks every site first.

automatic deletion

Delete what has sat too long

Off until you turn it on and confirm you keep backups. Never touches folders it does not recognise as plugins.

clean up and delete

Remove the data, not just the files

Runs the plugin's own uninstall routine before deleting it, so its settings and tables go too. Each row says whether one exists.

email reports

Know what happened overnight

What was archived, what was deleted, what is due, and what to do about data a plugin leaves behind.

abandoned flags

Spot the plugins nobody maintains

Marks archived plugins closed on WordPress.org, or with no release there for two years.

activity log

Who did what, and when

Every archive, restore, update, download and deletion, including the daily check and WP-CLI.

wp-cli

Script it across sites

List, archive, restore, delete and run the daily check from the command line.

site health

Two more checks

Is the daily check running, and is anything about to be deleted, in Tools → Site Health.

multisite

Network-wide automation

One set of rules for the whole network, run from the main site.

WP-CLI

For the people with
forty client sites.

The same safety rules apply from the command line. Deleting needs --yes, and every command goes through the checks the screens use.

wp archivum list
What is archived
wp archivum archive <plugin>
Archive inactive plugins
wp archivum restore <slug> --update
Restore, and update
wp archivum delete <slug> --yes
Delete,
--clean-up
to uninstall
wp archivum run
Run the daily check now
The Activity tab, listing archives, a restore, an update to version 1.7.0 and a settings change, each with the time and the user.
Who it's for

Freelancers and agencies.

If you maintain sites for clients, inactive plugins are a chore you repeat on every one of them. Pro turns it into a rule you set once, with a report and a log to show for it.

  • Fewer plugins to update and audit on every site
  • A clear record when a client asks what happened
  • Nothing deleted without notice reaching you first
  • Scriptable with WP-CLI across your sites
Free vs Pro

What you get with each.

Feature
Free
Pro
Archive, restore and delete, one at a time or in bulk
Included
Included
Download an archived plugin as a zip
Included
Included
Update a plugin as it is restored
Included
Included
Archive dates: last updated, first and last archived
Included
Included
Per-site archive folder, web-access check, Site Health
Included
Included
Multisite, from Network Admin
Included
Included
Automatic archiving after a period you choose
—
Included
Automatic deletion, with a week’s notice that must be seen
—
Included
Email reports
—
Included
Clean up and delete (runs the plugin’s uninstall routine)
—
Included
Abandoned-plugin flags from WordPress.org
—
Included
Activity log
—
Included
WP-CLI commands
—
Included
Network-wide automation on multisite
—
Included