Majix

The Jix Media Library Cleanup Tool is the ultimate solution for WordPress administrators looking to clean up their media library, reduce database bloat, and improve site performance.
Over time, your WordPress Media Library accumulates “orphaned” items—database entries without files, files not attached to any posts, or broken links. This tool allows you to scan, analyze, and remove these items safely.
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<h3>✨ Free (Lite) Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Dashboard Overview: Get a quick snapshot of your library health, including Total Attachments, Estimated Library Size, and Unattached Items.</li>
<li>Dry Run Mode: The safest way to clean. Run a full simulation to see exactly what would be deleted without touching a single file.</li>
<li>Move to Trash: Support for “Soft Delete.” Instead of permanently deleting files, move them to the WordPress Trash first so you can restore them if needed.</li>
<li>Standard Cleanup Criteria:
<ul>
<li>Missing Parent Post: Attachments belonging to deleted posts.</li>
<li>Missing Physical File: Database records where the actual file is missing from the server.</li>
<li>HTTP Errors: Detects images returning 403 (Forbidden) or 404 (Not Found) errors.</li>
<li>Unattached (Unused) Media: Files that are not attached to any specific post or page.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Safety Protections:
<ul>
<li>Ignore Recent Files: specific setting to protect files uploaded within the last X days (default 30) from being scanned.</li>
<li>Manual Exclusions: “Lock” specific files to ensure they are never deleted.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Real-Time Logs: View a live log of the cleaning process directly on the screen as batches are processed.</li>
<li>Batch Processing: Processes files in small batches (Max 5 in Lite) to prevent server timeouts.</li>
</ul>
<h3>💎 Pro Features</h3>
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<ul>
<li>Deep Scan Engine: The standard scan looks at WordPress attachments. The Deep Scan engine analyzes content within Page Builders (Elementor, Divi), Widgets, and Theme Options to ensure you don’t delete images currently in use by your design tools.</li>
<li>Automated Scheduler: “Set it and forget it.” Schedule your cleanups to run automatically (Daily, Weekly, or Monthly) with your preferred criteria.</li>
<li>Advanced Audit Logging: Keep a permanent record of every action taken with downloadable log files.</li>
<li>Advanced Filtering:
<ul>
<li>Filter by Parent Post Types: Restrict scans to specific post types (e.g., scan only ‘product’ or ‘post’).</li>
<li>Exclude File Formats: Prevent specific file extensions (e.g., .pdf, .gif) from ever being deleted.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Unlimited Batch Size: Remove the 5-item limit for faster processing on powerful servers.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Use</h3>
<ol>
<li>Navigate: Go to Tools > Media Cleanup.</li>
<li>Review Stats: Check the top widgets for an overview of your library.</li>
<li>Configure Settings:
<ul>
<li>Enable Dry Run Mode (Highly Recommended for first use).</li>
<li>Enable Move to Trash for added safety.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Select Criteria: Choose what you want to clean (e.g., Missing Parent Post, Unattached Media).</li>
<li>Set Controls:
<ul>
<li>Set “Ignore Recent Files” (e.g., 30 days).</li>
<li>(Pro) Enable Deep Scan if you use Elementor or Divi.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Run: Click the “Start Cleanup” button.</li>
<li>Review: Watch the “Real-time Progress” log. If in Dry Run, review the results to see what would have been deleted.</li>
</ol>

Jix Media Library Cleanup Tool

A powerful and safe tool to detect and delete orphaned media attachments, missing files, and broken links. Supports Dry Run and Audit Logging.

michaeltyson

Reclaim disk space and clean up your uploads folder by deleting old uploads you are no longer linking to.
This plugin will identify unused files within your uploads folder, and give you the option of archiving then deleting 
some or all of these files.
Before any action is taken, Upload Janitor will automatically make a ‘tar’ archive of all files to be 
erased, including their original paths, so you can restore if necessary.
<h3>How does it work?</h3>
This plugin inspects every file within the uploads folder. For each file, it searches pages or posts that 
reference the file. That is, the plugin searches for the part of each file’s path that comes after the path 
to the uploads folder, such as <code>2010/01/my great but forgotten image.jpg</code>.
The path is searched as-is, as well as URL-encoded with ‘%20’ for spaces, and the same with ‘+’ for spaces – 
 2010/01/my%20great%20but%20forgotten%20image.jpg and <code>2010/01/my+great+but+forgotten+image.jpg</code>. HTML entity-encoded 
forms of all of these are also searched.
If no matches are found, then the file is considered unused.
Note that this plugin plays it safe, and does not distinguish between older post/page revisions and the current version 
of a post/page. If a revision references a file, the file will be considered still in use.
<h3>Restoring</h3>
If something goes wrong, you can always restore. If you have shell access to your site, this is easy. Simply log in, 
navigate to your <code>wp-content/plugins</code> directory, and locate the Upload Janitor archive – it will look like 
 upload_janitor_archive_YYYY-mm-dd.tar.gz. Then, type:
<pre><code> tar zxf <archive name> .
</code></pre>
This will restore all files within the archive.
If you do not have shell access to your server, you will have to download the archive, extract it, then upload the 
contents back to your server. The archive will be accessible at http://your-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/upload_janitor_archive_YYYY-mm-dd.tar.gz

Upload Janitor

Clean up unused images and other files from your uploads folder.

Jix Media Library Cleanup Tool vs Upload Janitor