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Cleanup Orphan Images

Orphan media files cleaner

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.8.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Oct 202615d ago
Active installations100Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Cleanup Orphan Images version 1.8.4 as active, updated 15d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Finds and deletes redundant files from the uploads folders that are not visible in WordPress Media Library.

These orphan files may have been left behind from:

  • Failed or interrupted uploads
  • Plugin operations or migrations
  • FTP/SFTP uploads not registered in WordPress
  • Database restores or imports

Features

  • Scans uploads directory for orphan media files
  • Supports images: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF, SVG, ICO
  • Supports documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, TXT, RTF, CSV
  • Supports audio: MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WMA
  • Supports video: MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, WebM, FLV, M4V, MPEG, MPG
  • Supports archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ
  • Safe manual selection before deletion
  • Warns when orphan count exceeds server’s max_input_vars limit (typically 1000)
  • Optimized O(1) performance with hash-based detection

Note

This plugin does NOT manage “unattached” images in the Media Library. WordPress already provides built-in filtering for unattached media.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • cleanup
  • files
  • images
  • media
  • orphan
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity18 Oct 202615d ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.8.31.8.4
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.3
Version1.8.21.8.3
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