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<p>Removes files left in the uploads folder that are invisible in the WordPress Media Library. This does not include Unattached media, which can be easily found and removed in the standard Media Library.</p>
<p>These orphan files may have been left behind from:</p>
<ul>
<li>Failed or interrupted uploads</li>
<li>Plugin operations or migrations</li>
<li>FTP/SFTP uploads not registered in WordPress</li>
<li>Database restores or imports</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Scans uploads directory for orphan media files</li>
<li>Supports images: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF, SVG, ICO</li>
<li>Supports documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, TXT, RTF, CSV</li>
<li>Supports audio: MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WMA</li>
<li>Supports video: MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, WebM, FLV, M4V, MPEG, MPG</li>
<li>Supports archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ</li>
<li>Safe manual selection before deletion</li>
<li>Warns when orphan count exceeds server’s max_input_vars limit (typically 1000)</li>
<li>Optimized O(1) performance with hash-based detection</li>
</ul>
<h4>Note</h4>
<p>This plugin does NOT manage “unattached” images in the Media Library. WordPress already provides built-in filtering for unattached media. This plugin focuses specifically on finding physical files that WordPress doesn’t know about at all.</p>


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