Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!

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Media Cleaner is a powerful plugin that helps you clean up your WordPress media library by deleting unused media entries and files, as well as fixing broken entries. With an internal trash feature, you can preview and confirm changes before permanently deleting anything. Plus, Media Cleaner uses smart analysis to ensure compatibility with specific plugins and themes.

Use it alongside Database Cleaner for the ultimate clean-up experience.

Media Cleaner is like a ninja assassin for your Media Library – it’ll stealthily take out all the unnecessary media and broken entries that are cluttering up the place. Just make sure you have a solid backup plan in place before you let this bad boy loose.

To learn more about compatibility, features, and the Pro version, check out the tutorial on the official website.

COMPATIBILITY

This plugin is compatible with all media types, including retina and WebP versions. It has been tested on a wide range of WordPress versions, including the latest version with Gutenberg, as well as on various themes with a large community of users. It also supports WooCommerce. For users with more complex plugins for handling website content, the Pro version may be necessary for optimal compatibility. We are constantly working to increase compatibility with other plugins.

PRO VERSION

Media Cleaner Pro adds extra features to the free version of Media Cleaner:

  • Filesystem Analysis: Scans your physical /uploads directory and matches it against the Media Library.
  • Extra support for complex plugins, such as ACF, Metabox, Divi Builder, Fusion Builder (Avada), WPBakery Page Builder, Visual Composer, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy Builder, Oxygen Builder, Slider Revolution, Justified Image Grid, Avia Framework, and many more!
  • Live Site Scan: Analyzes the online version of your website, potentially improving accuracy in some cases.
  • WP-CLI support: Allows you to run the plugin at a higher speed or automatically with direct server access (via SSH).

Snímky obrazovky

  • Media -> Media Cleaner

Instalace

  1. Upload the plugin to WordPress.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‚Plugins‘ menu in WordPress
  3. Go to Meow Apps -> Cleaner in the sidebar and check the appropriate options.
  4. Go to Media -> Cleaner.

Recenze

16. 5. 2025
Cubre las diversas necesidades solicitadas, y va más allá de otros limpiadores que son muy superficiales.
11. 5. 2025
I have used this tool off and on for over six years. Took over one website that literally had thousands of unused images and it was extremely useful to identify and get rid of those. Done this with several sites to a lesser degree. I now have a new site that I am not familiar with and need to be very careful with what I get rid of due to the visibility the client has of their site. Again, thousands of photos. So I will be buying the Pro version to get that further insurance.
6. 5. 2025
Many sites end up using excess storage for media items that are no longer in use, but it’s a challenge to determine what to delete. Media Cleaner works really well and feels like you’re tapping into many years of experience and edge case resolutions to get a robust, extensive yet easy to use tool.
23. 4. 2025
Asked for support for the Pro version. The help went as far as sending a unreleased version to test which worked great. Thank you! Plugin might a page with the required steps, as a developer i can find what i need, but for „normal“ users it might be a bit harder to find out what to do? Cleaner did remove some used images, but the trash/recover function is very nice.
18. 4. 2025
Being a student run website, I need to clear up loads of images that we simply did not use anymore, as its been years running. We remove old posts via the database, but then needed to remove all the image files, this program worked like a charm and removed them for us. We might get the pro versioin next just to make sure all images are also removed off the server. thanks for a great plugin
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Přehled změn

6.9.0 (2025/05/11)

  • Update: Removed unused code for live content checks in CLI commands to improve plugin performance and maintainability.

6.8.9 (2025/05/04)

  • Fix: Ensure the „Disable Shortcode Analysis“ setting is now respected in all content parsers.
  • Add: Support for ACF ‚file‘ fields now includes returning the file URL when using ID references.

6.8.8 (2025/05/01)

  • Add: Introduced SAFE support for URLs from srcset in WooCommerce galleries.
  • Add: Added a function to extract thumbnail URLs from srcset for better detection.
  • Fix: Prevented warning messages when URLs are empty.
  • Fix: Corrected countdown end event behavior.
  • Update: Enhanced the W3 parser with array_to_ids_or_urls and added recursive support.
  • Add: Added a parser for W3 Total Cache to handle media attachments.
  • Add: Introduced a force trash option for cases when trash isn’t emptied automatically.
  • Update: Temporarily disabled live content scanning to prevent issues.
  • Fix: Corrected a typo in iframe handling comments.
  • Update: Improved shortcode scanning by retrieving all common attributes for IDs and URLs.
  • Fix: Prevented recursion in ACF field scanning with flexible content.
  • Update: Reworked the ACF Parser to fully support flexible content structures.
  • Update: Added an index on mediaId in the references table to optimize step 4 performance.

6.8.7 (2025/03/12)

  • Update: Improved type handling and updated the Divi parser for better compatibility.
  • Fix: Added a recursion limit to ACF field scanning functions to prevent infinite loops.

6.8.6 (2025/02/17)

  • Add: Added a SAFE tag to Foo Gallery full sizes to mark certain media as in use.
  • Update: Moved SAFE tag logic from JavaScript to PHP for better efficiency.
  • Fix: Corrected featured image thumbnails and improved SAFE tag detection.
  • Update: Improved UI by replacing the timer component with a countdown version.
  • Update: Added an error modal with auto-retry functionality for better user experience.
  • Update: Reworked compatibility for Avada builder.

6.8.5 (2024/12/25)

  • Fix: HTML needs to be well-decoded before being sent to DOMDocument.
  • Fix: Avoid an issue related to logos.
  • Info: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🎄🎉

6.8.4 (2024/12/06)

  • Add: Support for Spectra.
  • Add: Support for Tutor LMS.
  • Add: Support for Foo Gallery.
  • Info: We are working hard on Media Cleaner. If you want to share some love, write a simple and nice review here. Thank you so much! 💖

6.8.3 (2024/11/27)

  • Fix: MetaBox parser was not working properly.
  • Fix: The free version of Media Cleaner was not properly displaying the incompatible plugins.

6.8.2 (2024/11/14)

  • Update: Enhanced the UI in many little ways.
  • Update: Don’t show the thumbnails for non-image files.
  • Fix: Better parser for Avada.

6.8.1 (2024/11/04)

  • Add: Check for empty path in repair mode.
  • Add: Introduction tutorial.

6.8.0 (2024/10/17)

  • Fix: Search in References (Cleaner Dashboard).

6.7.9 (2024/09/24)

  • Update: Internal improvements to avoid some errors with low-quality servers such as OVH, GoDaddy, etc.

6.7.8 (2024/08/01)

  • Fix: Elementor parser was not working properly.
  • Add: Video Block support.

6.7.7 (2024/06/28)

  • Fix: Warnings with ACF.
  • Fix: Base folder for the Filesystem Scan.
  • Update: Cleaned the UI a bit more.

6.7.6 (2024/06/05)

  • Update: Better References section.
  • Add: Support for Bricks Builder.
  • Update: Refreshed the UI, updated to the latest common librairies.

6.7.5 (2024/05/24)

  • Fix: Logging system.

6.7.4 (2024/04/27)

  • Update: Updated description for OB cleaning to enhance clarity.
  • Add: Support for Breakdance Builder, extending compatibility.
  • Update: Added shortcode checking for Oxygen Builder.
  • Fix: Updated readme file to comply with the latest WordPress guidelines.

6.7.3 (2024/03/01)

  • Update: Better translations.
  • Update: Safer logs system.

6.7.2 (2024/02/02)

  • Add: „Create Batch“ feature for Filesystem scans, streamlining the scanning process.
  • Add: „Delete Permanently“ option in trash tab for targeted item management.
  • Add: Tooltip for repair mode to enhance user understanding and interaction.
  • Fix: Option to disable OB Cleaning.
  • Fix: Corrected dashboard media link functionality for subdirectories.
  • Fix: Resolved issues with backslash replacement on multiple occurrences for more accurate processing.

6.7.0 (2024/01/13)

  • Add: New ‚check-live‘ argument for WP-CLI.
  • Add: Import and Export of the settings.

6.6.9 (2023/12/05)

  • Add: Expert Mode for advanced users.

6.6.8 (2023/11/18)

  • Add: Support for ACF File Field based on IDs.
  • Add: Repair Mode for Filesystem Scan (use this carefully, still in beta).
  • Update: Much better „References“ section in the Dashboard, with additional filters.
  • Update: Various additional enhancements, maybe you’ll notice! 😊
  • Add: Support for Academy LMS.

6.6.7 (2023/09/21)

  • Update: Enhanced the get_references_for_post_id function.
  • Update: Code cleaning.

6.6.6 (2023/09/14)

  • Add: The get_reference_for_media_id and get_references_for_post_id functions are now accessible through the global $wpmc_core variable. Those functions will return where a specific media entry is used, or which media entries are used in a specific post.

6.6.5 (2023/07/25)

  • Update: Better checkboxes.
  • Update: Link to the posts in the References section.
  • Add: Support for Mailpoet.

6.6.4 (2023/05/30)

  • Update: Improved the UI and its elements.

6.6.3 (2023/04/09)

  • Add: New filter to see the found references. This will improve a lot.
  • Fix: Tiny fixes, retrieved the main dashboard, and lighter bundles.
  • Info: The new version of WordPress (6.2) came with what is seemingly a bug with the $wpdb->prepare. There are workaround, and I fixed an issue I was aware of. If you find any others, please kindly report it here.

6.6.0 (2023/02/21)

Fix: Avoid certain errors related to ACF and fields which were created with former versions.

6.5.8 (2023/02/09) =
* Update: Slightly cleaner UI (and it will get better and better).
* Update: Better support for Avada.

6.5.7 (2023/02/01)

  • Fix: Little issue with the nekoFetch.
  • Add: Timer on the Scan button.

6.5.6 (2023/01/30)

  • Update: Optimization and better handling of Divi.

6.5.5 (2023/01/09)

  • Add: Support for Uncode Theme.
  • Add: Reset settings button.
  • Update: Smaller package, better performance.