Media Cleaner Pro

Over time a WordPress site collects images, PDFs and other files that no post or page uses anymore. They sit in the uploads folder and take up server space. Media Cleaner Pro looks through your Media Library and your filesystem to find orphaned files and entries that nothing references, so you can see what is safe to remove.

The plugin checks posts, metadata, widgets and other places where media might be used, and it reads content from popular themes, page builders and complex plugins to reduce false positives. An internal trash lets you review deleted files before they are gone for good. The interface suits non-technical users, and developers get WP-CLI support for larger jobs.

Features

• Media Library scan: Detects unused images, PDFs and other files in your WordPress Media Library and highlights them, so you can clear out clutter with a clear view of what is being removed.
• Filesystem scan: Matches the files in your uploads folder against your media entries to find unreferenced files that a standard library scan does not usually detect. This scan method is part of Pro.
• Page builder and plugin support: Reads popular page builders and complex plugins, including custom fields and content structures, which helps reduce false positives. The Divi 4 parser also detects testimonial portrait images.
• Internal trash system: Deleted files go to an internal trash first. You can review them before permanent removal, which helps prevent removing important media by accident.
• Live site scan: Analyzes your active website in real time to catch media that is linked dynamically or through advanced configurations. This scan method is part of Pro.
• WP-CLI support: Run media cleanup tasks from the command line, which suits developers and advanced users who manage large sites or several sites. This is a Pro feature.
• Wide-ranging analysis engine: Scans posts, metadata, widgets and other areas where media might be referenced, so detection goes beyond a basic check of the library.
• Clean scan data: Old scans are fully cleaned up after they finish, so the plugin's database tables do not keep growing with every scan you run.

Best for

• Bloggers with years of accumulated uploads
• Site owners cleaning up server space
• Developers managing several WordPress sites