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WP PlugIndex currently records ZIP Archive Scanner – Free Up Disk Space and Reduce Security Risks version 1.1.6 as active, updated 3mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
Find every forgotten ZIP archive on your WordPress site – old backups, migration exports, duplicate plugin bundles – before they eat your disk space or leak your data.
Why ZIP Archive Scanner?
Old backups, migration exports, and duplicate plugin bundles pile up on every WordPress site – and a full-site archive sitting in a public folder can expose your database credentials to anyone who guesses its URL.
ZIP Archive Scanner walks your entire WordPress file system (not just uploads) and gives you a clean report of every ZIP archive it finds, so you can review each one and remove what you no longer need. The scan runs in small, timeout-safe batches, so it works even on huge sites and slow shared hosting.
Free Features
Full file system scan: Batched and timeout-safe – works on huge sites and slow shared hosting.
Risk assessment: Archives in the web root or with backup-like names ( backup.zip, wp.zip, db.zip …) are flagged high risk.
Review everything: File name, location, size, and last-modified date in a sortable, searchable table.
One-click cleanup: Delete an archive right from the dashboard, or copy its public URL to verify exposure.
Export & bulk actions: Export the report as CSV or Markdown and bulk delete unwanted archives.
Pro Version
The Pro version adds Save Result – save scan reports as named snapshots and review them anytime (up to 20 snapshots).
How to Use – Quick Start
Install and activate ZIP Archive Scanner.
Open the plugin’s dashboard in wp-admin.
Click to start a full, timeout-safe scan of your file system.
Review the report – every archive with its location, size, and risk badge.
Delete unwanted archives with one click, or export the report as CSV/Markdown.
Use Cases
Post-migration cleanup: Remove leftover migration exports and duplicate plugin bundles.
Security review: Spot full-site backups sitting in publicly accessible folders.
Disk space recovery: Find and delete large forgotten archives on crowded hosting plans.
Development & Source Code
The plugin’s admin dashboard is a React app compiled with @wordpress/scripts. json.
To build from source:
The dashboard uses the shared open-source component library bpl-tools (GPL): https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools — clone it as a sibling directory of this plugin (i.e. wp-content/plugins/bpl-tools ).
Inside the plugin directory run npm install.
Run npm run build — the compiled files are written to build/.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
disk space
backup
cleanup
security
zip
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity26 Jul 20263mo ago
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