Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!

Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!

Clean your WordPress! Eliminate unused and broken media files. For a faster, and better website.
Rating:
4.6
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Active Installations:
80000+
Last Updated:
Feb 17, 2025
WordPress Version:
6.0 or higher
Tested up to:
6.7.2

Delete unused files

Clean up your WordPress media library by deleting unused media entries and files with Media Cleaner's powerful plugin.

Fix broken entries

Media Cleaner fixes broken media entries in your WordPress media library, ensuring that your website runs smoothly and efficiently.

Preview before deleting

With Media Cleaner's internal trash feature, you can preview and confirm changes before permanently deleting anything, giving you peace of mind.

Smart analysis for compatibility

Media Cleaner uses smart analysis to ensure compatibility with specific plugins and themes, making it a reliable choice for your WordPress website.

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.

Saves a lot of space

By cprinzi on February 21, 2025

i used it on 2 projects till now - at the first little project i got 1899 files deleted with 180 MB spave saved and on the second project there were over 22000 files to delete with over 1.3 GB spave available after that! it makes not only the media library much smaller, it saves also a lot of database entries!

Simple and effective

By wisdomjuice on February 20, 2025

media cleaner is a well thought out plug-in for analyzing and removing unused images in your media gallery. By cleaning and maintaining your gallery on a regular basis and optimizing your images using a plug-in like perfect images (from the same author) you can expect some improvements to the performance of your site.

Great plugin that works as expected

By Sugar Ray (mrwpress1) on February 10, 2025

Easy to use interface and super quick took to find unused images in your media library. Worked first time.

Fácil de usar

By jorge31ene on February 3, 2025

me eliminó alguna imagen de más, pero me ahorro mucho tiempo

Work Great

By schamano on January 27, 2025

Works great. I've tried a few but it works best and also looks user-friendly and modern.
It is important that a backup is made beforehand!

PRO version worked right out of the box...

By mwoffenden on January 25, 2025

Your mileage may vary. However, on our Divi based site the PRO worked very well. We were able to clean old images out easily.

Of course, use with caution! And make sure you have a solid backup of your site.

Only 1 problem for us: It did delete our logo from the Divi header, but that was easily replaced and was the only concern.

useless without pro licence

By fuu0 on January 22, 2025

useless, not worth a second. it cant be used without buying a licence.

Good plugin

By stargazeryeg on January 21, 2025

great little plugin for backend optimization. Helps make sure you don't have images in your directory that you aren't using.

would be nice if the scan also showed your in use images so you could double check you have the correct media on the correct pages at the same time.

Free version is useless

By shoushan on January 14, 2025

Why make a free version in the first place if its that level of useless?!
Save your time if you don't want to spend money on this!
Out of 700 image files 700 where marked as unused? That it wont work with gallery images which are only attached trough a plugin is one thing but that it even marks futured images as unused is a testament of absolute failure! Is the same as doing it manually strait away and there are better solutions out there for that....

Normal

By luisr1000 on January 13, 2025

Asks for a positive review in exchange for a discount. This indicates that all reviews of the plugin are fake

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