DimitriAus

<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>


Cleanup Orphan Images

Finds and deletes orphan media files from the uploads directory that are not registered in WordPress.

Marcin Pietrzak

<p>The <strong>Orphans</strong> plugin automatically improves the typography of your WordPress site by preventing single-letter or very short words—known as <em>orphans</em>—from appearing alone at the beginning of a line. By replacing the space after these words with a non-breaking space, the plugin ensures cleaner, more professional-looking text layouts, especially for languages like Polish where such typographic rules are important.</p>
<h4>What are Orphans?</h4>
<p>An <em>orphan</em> in typography is a short word (often a single character) left isolated at the beginning of a line, separated from the rest of the sentence. This is considered a composition error and can negatively affect readability and the visual appeal of your content.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Automatic Orphan Fixing:</strong> Scans your content and replaces spaces after short words (orphans) with non-breaking spaces, preventing them from being separated by line breaks.</li>
<li><strong>Customizable:</strong> Easily modify which words are treated as orphans using filters, or provide your own list of orphan terms.</li>
<li><strong>Non-Destructive:</strong> The plugin does not alter your original content in the database; changes are applied only when content is displayed.</li>
<li><strong>Builder and Plugin Integration:</strong> Seamless compatibility with popular page builders like Bricks, Divi, Muffin (beTheme), WPBakery, and Advanced Custom Fields.</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Usage:</strong> Apply orphan fixes to custom fields or any string using provided filters.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<p>Once activated, Orphans automatically processes your posts, pages, and other content post types, fixing orphaned words on the fly. You can customize its behavior through the settings panel found under Appearance > Orphans, or extend functionality with WordPress filters for advanced use cases.</p>
<h4>Ideal For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bloggers, publishers, and editors seeking to maintain high typographic standards.</li>
<li>Sites in languages (like Polish or Czech) where orphan control is a common publishing requirement.</li>
<li>Anyone wanting to enhance the professional appearance and readability of their WordPress content.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Open Source & Developer Friendly</h4>
<p>Orphans is open source, actively maintained, and available on <a href="https://github.com/iworks/sierotki" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> for those interested in contributing or extending its features.</p>
<h4>Asset image</h4>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calliope/306564541/" rel="nofollow ugc">Manuscript by Muffet, on Flickr</a></p>


Orphans

Supports the grammar rule for orphan words at the end of a line.

Cleanup Orphan Images vs Orphans