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Smart WordPress media library cleanup. Detect unused, orphaned & broken media safely with advanced live scanning.
<h3>The Intelligent Way to Clean & Optimize Your WordPress Media Library</h3>
Orphanix Media Cleanup is a powerful WordPress media management plugin designed to detect unused files, identify broken media references, and safely reclaim valuable server space.
Unlike basic cleanup tools, Orphanix performs both database-level analysis and live frontend verification — ensuring accurate detection without risking important content used by themes, page builders, or plugins.
Whether you manage a blog, WooCommerce store, agency website, or a large media-heavy platform, Orphanix helps you maintain a clean, optimized, and reliable media library.
<h3>Key Benefits</h3>
✔ Free up server storage by removing unused media 
✔ Prevent broken images and layout issues 
✔ Improve website performance and reliability 
✔ Protect dynamically loaded media from accidental deletion 
✔ Clean large media libraries safely and efficiently
<h3>Core Features</h3>
🔍 Media Library Scan 
• Detect unused and orphaned media files 
• Identify unattached media items 
• Scan uploads directory for unmatched assets 
• Filter by file type (images, videos, PDFs, documents)
🛠 Broken Media Detection 
• Find missing image references in content 
• Detect corrupted or unreachable media files 
• Identify broken URLs affecting layout or SEO
🌐 Live Site Scan (Advanced) 
• Scan actual frontend output 
• Detect dynamically loaded images 
• Verify usage across templates and builders 
• Prevent accidental deletion of active media
⚡ Deep Compatibility Detection 
• Analyze post content and metadata 
• Scan custom fields (ACF supported) 
• Detect WooCommerce product image usage 
• Identify references in widgets and menus
🛡 Safe Trash & Restore System 
• Move files to a secure plugin trash folder 
• Restore deleted files anytime 
• Permanent deletion only after confirmation
📊 Analytics & Reporting 
• View scan summaries 
• Track storage savings 
• Review categorized results 
• Monitor cleanup history
🚀 Performance Optimized 
• Batch-based scanning engine 
• Designed for large websites 
• Memory-efficient processing 
• No server overload during scans
<h3>Easy 3-Step Cleanup Process</h3>
<ol>
<li>Run a Media Scan, Broken Media Scan, or Live Site Scan. </li>
<li>Review detailed scan results and verify usage. </li>
<li>Safely delete or restore files using the built-in trash system.</li>
</ol>
Simple. Safe. Accurate.
<h3>Why Choose Orphanix Media Cleanup?</h3>
• Dual Scan Engine (Database + Live Verification) 
• Advanced builder compatibility detection 
• Safe trash workflow before permanent deletion 
• Designed for small blogs to large enterprise sites 
• Clean interface with real-time scan tracking
Orphanix goes beyond simple “unused file detection” by validating real usage across your entire website.
<h3>Perfect For</h3>
• Bloggers and content creators 
• WooCommerce store owners 
• Agencies managing multiple sites 
• Developers handling large media libraries 
• Portfolio and media-rich websites
<h3>Privacy</h3>
Orphanix Media Cleanup runs entirely on your server.
No data is sent to external services. 
No tracking. No telemetry. 
Full control and privacy.

Orphanix Media Cleanup

Smart WordPress media library cleanup. Detect unused, orphaned & broken media safely with advanced live scanning.

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This is an extremely simple plugin that uses jQuery to remove broken images from displaying on your pages.
Note that version 1 does not alter any content in the database, nor does it remove the image tags from the initial HTML output of the page, so it doesn’t stop 404 errors, nor does it benefit SEO or PageSpeed scores. It does, however, prevent the dreaded “broken image” icon from appearing in your pages, and in most cases it will remove the blank space some browsers allocate for images as they are loading.
Coming in version 2: We’ll be adding an admin tool to let you see a list of posts and pages containing broken images, along with a tool to automatically remove their <code>img</code> tags from the database.

Remove Broken Images

Very simply, uses JavaScript to remove broken images from page display.

Orphanix Media Cleanup vs Remove Broken Images