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<p><strong>Media Sweep: The Ultimate WordPress Media Library Cleaner</strong></p>
<p>Media Sweep is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to help you reclaim valuable server space by identifying and safely removing unused media files from your WordPress site. Whether you’re dealing with orphaned attachments, forgotten uploads, or files left behind by themes and plugins, Media Sweep provides a comprehensive solution to keep your media library clean and organized.</p>
<p>Perfect for bloggers, agencies, e-commerce sites, and any WordPress website looking to optimize storage space and improve site performance.</p>
<p>🚀 <strong>Key Benefits:</strong></p>
<p>✅ <strong>Reclaim Server Space</strong> – Remove unused files and free up valuable storage<br />
✅ <strong>Improve Site Performance</strong> – Faster backups and reduced server load<br />
✅ <strong>Safe & Reversible</strong> – Files moved to trash folder, not permanently deleted<br />
✅ <strong>Smart Detection</strong> – Advanced algorithms identify truly unused files<br />
✅ <strong>Batch Operations</strong> – Process multiple files efficiently<br />
✅ <strong>Detailed Analytics</strong> – Comprehensive scan reports and file insights</p>
<h3>🎯 Core Features</h3>
<h3>🔍 Dual Scan Modes</h3>
<p><strong>Media Library Scan</strong><br />
* Scans all media attachments in your WordPress library<br />
* Checks for usage in posts, pages, and custom fields<br />
* Detects thumbnail and size variations<br />
* Identifies gallery shortcodes and blocks<br />
* Fast and efficient for large media libraries<br />
* <em>Recommended for most WordPress sites</em></p>
<p><strong>File System Scan</strong><br />
* Deep scan of your uploads directory<br />
* Finds orphaned files not in the media library<br />
* Detects cache and temporary files<br />
* Identifies theme and plugin generated files<br />
* Comprehensive but may take longer to complete<br />
* <em>Best for sites with file management plugins</em></p>
<h3>📊 Smart File Detection</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Usage Analysis</strong> – Checks posts, pages, custom fields, and widgets</li>
<li><strong>Database Scanning</strong> – Searches content for file references</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode Detection</strong> – Identifies gallery and media shortcodes</li>
<li><strong>Block Analysis</strong> – Scans Gutenberg blocks for media usage</li>
<li><strong>Plugin Integration</strong> – Detects files used by popular plugins</li>
<li><strong>Theme Assets</strong> – Identifies theme-related media files</li>
</ul>
<h3>🗂️ Advanced File Management</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Status Classification</strong> – Files categorized as In Use, Unused, or Orphaned</li>
<li><strong>Bulk Actions</strong> – Select and process multiple files at once</li>
<li><strong>Smart Filtering</strong> – Filter by file type, status, date, and directory</li>
<li><strong>Search Functionality</strong> – Quickly find specific files</li>
<li><strong>Preview Mode</strong> – View files before taking action</li>
<li><strong>Detailed File Info</strong> – Size, type, usage locations, and more</li>
</ul>
<h3>🛡️ Safety Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Trash System</strong> – Files moved to secure trash folder, not deleted</li>
<li><strong>Restore Capability</strong> – Easily restore accidentally removed files</li>
<li><strong>Backup Integration</strong> – Works with popular backup plugins</li>
<li><strong>Progress Monitoring</strong> – Real-time scan progress with pause/resume</li>
<li><strong>System Resources</strong> – Intelligent resource management prevents timeouts</li>
<li><strong>Rollback Protection</strong> – Safe operations with detailed logging</li>
</ul>
<h3>📈 Comprehensive Analytics</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Scan History</strong> – Track all previous scans and results</li>
<li><strong>Storage Statistics</strong> – See exactly how much space you’ve reclaimed</li>
<li><strong>File Breakdown</strong> – Detailed analysis by file type and status</li>
<li><strong>Usage Patterns</strong> – Understand your media library usage</li>
<li><strong>Performance Metrics</strong> – Scan duration and processing statistics</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 Easy 3-Step Process</h3>
<p><strong>Step 1: Choose Scan Type</strong><br />
* Select Media Library or File System scan based on your needs<br />
* Configure advanced options for thorough analysis</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Run the Scan</strong><br />
* Watch real-time progress as Media Sweep analyzes your files<br />
* Pause and resume scans as needed without losing progress</p>
<p><strong>Step 3: Review & Clean</strong><br />
* Browse detected files with detailed information<br />
* Use bulk actions to efficiently process multiple files<br />
* Restore files from trash if needed</p>
<h3>🔧 Advanced Configuration</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Scan Options</strong> – Deep scan, thumbnail inclusion, custom field checking</li>
<li><strong>File Type Filters</strong> – Focus on specific file types (images, documents, etc.)</li>
<li><strong>Directory Exclusions</strong> – Skip specific folders during scans</li>
<li><strong>Performance Settings</strong> – Adjust batch sizes and resource limits</li>
<li><strong>Automation Rules</strong> – Set up automatic cleanup schedules (planned for future versions)</li>
</ul>
<h3>💡 Perfect For</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Content Creators</strong> – Bloggers and publishers with large media libraries</li>
<li><strong>Web Agencies</strong> – Managing multiple client sites efficiently</li>
<li><strong>E-commerce Sites</strong> – Cleaning up product images and assets</li>
<li><strong>Membership Sites</strong> – Optimizing user-generated content</li>
<li><strong>Portfolio Sites</strong> – Managing large image collections</li>
<li><strong>News Sites</strong> – Handling high-volume media uploads</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Need help with Media Sweep? We’re here to assist!</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Support Forum:</strong> <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-sweep/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org support forum</a></li>
<li><strong>Feature Requests:</strong> <a href="https://wpcreatix.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Submit ideas and suggestions</a></li>
<li><strong>Bug Reports:</strong> <a href="https://wpcreatix.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Report issues for quick resolution</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Media Sweep respects your privacy and does not collect or transmit any personal data. All file analysis and cleanup operations are performed locally on your server. No external services are contacted during plugin operation.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Media Sweep is crafted with ❤️ by the <a href="https://wpcreatix.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPCreatix</a> team. We’re passionate about creating tools that help WordPress users optimize and maintain their websites efficiently.</p>
<p>Special thanks to the WordPress community for their continuous feedback and support in making this plugin better.</p>


Media Sweep – WordPress Media Cleaner

Clean up your WordPress Media Library by finding and removing unused files. Safely scan, preview, and sweep away orphaned media to keep your site fast …

Jon Christopher

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NerdPress

Colin Devroe

<p>NerdPress has adopted Optimize Database After Deleting Revisions! <a href="https://www.nerdpress.net/announcing-optimize-database/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read the announcement here.</a></p>
<p>This plugin is a ‘One Click’ WordPress database cleaner & optimizer, with precise revision cleanup and flexible scheduling.</p>
<h4>Main Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Deletes revisions of posts, pages and / or custom post types (you optionally can keep an ‘x’-amount of the most recent revisions and you can choose to delete revisions older than…)</li>
<li>Deletes trashed posts, pages and comments (optional)</li>
<li>Deletes spammed comments (optional)</li>
<li>Deletes unused tags (optional)</li>
<li>Deletes ‘expired or all transients’ (optional)</li>
<li>Deletes ‘pingbacks’ and ‘trackbacks’ (optional)</li>
<li>Clears the ‘OEMBED cache’ (optional)</li>
<li>Deletes ‘orphan postmeta items’</li>
<li>Optimizes the database tables (optionally you can exclude certain tables, or even specific posts/pages, from optimization)</li>
<li>Creates a log of the optimizations (optional)</li>
<li>Optimization can be scheduled to automatically run once hourly, twice daily, once daily or once weekly at a specific time (optional)</li>
<li>‘Optimize DB (1 click)’ link in the admin bar (optional)</li>
<li>‘Optimize Database’ Icon in the admin menu (optional)</li>
<li>MULTISITE compatible: optimizes all sites in the network with one click</li>
</ul>
<h4>Settings</h4>
<p>You can find the settings page in the WP Admin Panel » Optimize Database -or- via the WP Admin Panel » Optimize Database icon (depends on settings)</p>
<h4>Excluding specific posts/pages from deleting revisions</h4>
<p>If you want to keep revisions for a specific post/page (no matter what the other settings are), create a custom field named ‘keep_revisions’ for that post/page and give it the value ‘Y’</p>
<h4>Starting the Analysis / Optimization</h4>
<p>You can start the Optimization in the WP Admin Panel » Optimize Database.<br />
Note: if you use the Scheduler the Optimization will run automatically!<br />
Note: you also can click the ‘Optimize DB (1 click)’ link in the admin bar (if enabled)<br />
You can click one of the following buttons:<br />
‘Analyze (summary): analyzes the database and gives the count of what will be cleaned<br />
‘Analyze (detail): analyzes the database and gives a detailed report of what will be deleted<br />
‘Optimize (summary): actually deletes the items and gives the count of what has been deleted<br />
‘Optimize (detail): actually deletes the items and gives a detailed report of what has been deleted</p>
<h4>Multisite Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>Install the plugin as Network Administrator (Network Admin » Plugins)</li>
<li>‘Network Activate’ the plugin</li>
<li>You only can configure and run the plugin on the main network site, but it will optimize ALL the sub-sites too!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Running the plug in from a Unix crontab</h4>
<p>In case you cannot use WPCron, but you can edit the Unix crontab:</p>
<p>Create a .php file, in the root directory of your site, with:<br />
<?php<br />
define(‘RUN_OPTIMIZE_DATABASE’, true);<br />
require_once(‘wp-load.php’);<br />
?></p>
<p>Then, start the .php file from your crontab!</p>
<h4>Supported languages</h4>
<ul>
<li>Belarus [be_BY] – translated by Natasha – https://www.ustarcash.com/ – keyword UStarCash</li>
<li>Danish [da_DK] – translated by Alexander Leo-Hansen – http://alexanderleohansen.dk</li>
<li>Dutch [nl_NL] – translated by Rolf van Gelder, CAGE Web Design – http://cagewebdev.com</li>
<li>English [en_US] – translated by Rolf van Gelder, CAGE Web Design – http://cagewebdev.com</li>
<li>French [fr_FR] – translated by Guillaume Blet – http://www.mycinetheque.fr</li>
<li>German [de_DE] – translated by Kolja Spyra</li>
<li>Indonesian [id_ID] – translated by ChameleonJohn.com</li>
<li>Italian [it_IT] – translated by Fabio Marzocca</li>
<li>Persian [fa_IR] – translated by Milad Mordi, http://seodaramal.ir</li>
<li>Portuguese [po_BR] – translated by Rede Sul Mineira de Comunicações</li>
<li>Russian [ru_RU] – translated by Vadim Sokhin, PluginZone – http://pluginzone.ru</li>
<li>Serbian [sr_RS] – translated by Ogi Djuraskovic, FirstSiteGuide  – http://firstsiteguide.com</li>
<li>Swedish [sv_SE] – translated by P.E.</li>
<li>Turkish [tr_TR] – translated by Keremcan Buyuktaskin</li>
<li>Ukranian [uk_UA] – translated by Anna Goriacha, Coupofy – http://coupofy.com</li>
</ul>
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
<p>NO WARRANTY, USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! MAKE BACKUPS FIRST!</p>


Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions

In principle this would be an excellent plugin but it always leads in time-out errors. In our view, the problem lies with the execution of the optimization process itself. There is no safeguard against time-out errors. This should be fixed as there must be better ways to code this. 

Good plugin but leads to ongoing time-out errors


Plugin works exactly as described. Thanks! It was easy to configure and I especially like the ability to remove all revisions except for XX amount, which makes it great for cleaning up existing sites where you've reduced the number of revisions, but the database still contains heaps of older revisions.


Easy to use with great results

One-click database optimization with precise revision cleanup and flexible scheduling. Speeding up sites since 2011!

Media Sweep – WordPress Media Cleaner vs Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions