Benjamin Bode

<p>WordPress automatically creates multiple copies of every image you upload in different sizes (thumbnail, medium, large, and more). Over time, this wastes a significant amount of disk space, especially on large sites with thousands of images.</p>
<p><strong>Imadero</strong> scans your media library, finds all auto-generated thumbnails, and removes them safely. It also updates all references in your posts, pages, and metadata to use the original image instead.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Scan</strong> your media library to find all auto-generated thumbnails</li>
<li><strong>Preview</strong> how many files and how much disk space can be freed before deleting anything</li>
<li><strong>Delete</strong> all thumbnails in batches (safe for large sites)</li>
<li><strong>Rewrite</strong> all database references (posts, meta, options) to use the original image</li>
<li><strong>Prevent</strong> WordPress from generating thumbnails on future uploads</li>
<li>Handles serialized data safely (works with Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, and other page builders)</li>
<li>Handles Gutenberg block attributes (sizeSlug, CSS classes)</li>
<li>Removes WordPress -scaled images and restores the original</li>
<li>Batch processing prevents timeouts on large installations</li>
<li>Works with WooCommerce product images</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Tools > Imadero</strong> in your WordPress admin</li>
<li>Click <strong>Start Scan</strong> to find all auto-generated thumbnails</li>
<li>Review the results: number of thumbnails and disk space used</li>
<li>Click <strong>Delete Thumbnails</strong> to remove them and update database references</li>
<li>Optionally enable <strong>Disable automatic thumbnail generation</strong> to prevent future thumbnails</li>
</ol>
<h4>Important Notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Always create a <strong>backup</strong> before running the cleanup</li>
<li>The deletion process <strong>cannot be undone</strong></li>
<li>WordPress will automatically fall back to the original image where thumbnails were used</li>
<li>The plugin works per site on Multisite installations</li>
</ul>


Imadero

Remove auto-generated image thumbnails to free up disk space and keep your media library clean.

Mehdi Rezaei

<p>Thumbnail Remover and Size Manager 2.2 is a safer and more complete media-maintenance workflow for WordPress.</p>
<p>Instead of deleting thumbnails blindly, the plugin now helps you:</p>
<ul>
<li>Preview cleanup results before removing files</li>
<li>Move thumbnails to plugin Trash instead of deleting permanently</li>
<li>Create a zip backup of the exact matching thumbnails before moving them to Trash</li>
<li>Restore trashed thumbnails later if needed</li>
<li>Process large libraries in batches with visible progress</li>
<li>Detect orphan thumbnails left behind on disk</li>
<li>Detect probably unused media items across post content, featured images, and common builder data</li>
<li>Regenerate missing image sizes in batches</li>
<li>Review per-size analytics including file counts, storage usage, missing sizes, and orphan counts</li>
<li>Review recent activity logs and reporting summaries for cleanup, restore, backup, and regeneration workflows</li>
<li>Disable selected image sizes for future uploads</li>
<li>Create zip backups for all uploads or a specific year/month folder</li>
<li>Schedule recurring cleanup runs with configurable frequency, size scope, and folder scope</li>
</ul>
<p>This release is built for site owners, developers, agencies, and anyone trying to reduce thumbnail bloat without risking accidental data loss.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Dry run / preview before cleanup</li>
<li>Trash and Restore workflow for safer deletion</li>
<li>Optional zip backup before moving matching thumbnails to Trash</li>
<li>Batch processing with real progress for scan, cleanup, and regeneration</li>
<li>Unused media detection</li>
<li>Orphan thumbnail detection</li>
<li>Regenerate missing sizes</li>
<li>Per-size analytics dashboard</li>
<li>Reporting and recent activity logs</li>
<li>Advanced filters for image format, usage status, and orphan-only cleanup</li>
<li>WebP variant generation for JPEG and PNG uploads</li>
<li>Media Library thumbnail summary column with per-image quick actions</li>
<li>Custom image size manager with visual previews</li>
<li>Bulk image optimization with TinyPNG-compatible API support</li>
<li>Size usage analysis based on content and stored meta references</li>
<li>Image size disable controls for future uploads</li>
<li>Media backup export to zip</li>
<li>Scheduled cleanup powered by WP-Cron</li>
</ul>
<h3>Custom Size Manager</h3>
<p>Create, update, and remove custom image sizes directly from the plugin screen. The manager includes a simple visual preview so you can sanity-check new dimensions before you save them for future uploads.</p>


Thumbnail Remover and Size Manager

Safely analyze, preview, trash, restore, schedule, regenerate, report on, and manage WordPress thumbnails and image sizes.

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