ProgMaze

Muhammad Zaki

Muhammad Umar

Need to know which posts, builders, or meta fields still reference an image—or which uploads are safe to remove?
ProgMaze Media Scanner runs a deep scan of your site: it walks public post types (including templates), reads <code>post_content</code> and <code>post_meta</code>, parses Gutenberg-style block data, URLs, featured images, and nested serialized or JSON values so you get a clear picture of where each file is used and what is unused.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Full site scan — Scans all post types, pages, custom post types, templates, and reusable blocks.</li>
<li>Gutenberg aware — Parses block JSON attributes (core/image, core/gallery, core/cover, core/video, core/file, core/media-text, and more) to find media IDs.</li>
<li>Page builder support — Scans media used in Gutenberg, Avada, Elementor, and similar setups that store IDs or URLs in content or meta.</li>
<li>Featured image tracking — Detects when a media item is used as a featured image on any post or custom post type.</li>
<li>Post meta scanning — Finds media in ACF fields, WooCommerce product galleries, and other plugins that store attachment IDs or URLs in meta.</li>
<li>Usage detail view — Open any item to see every post that uses it, with Edit and View links and usage type (content, featured image, meta, gallery, setting).</li>
<li>Safe deletion — Only unused media can be deleted directly; used items can be detached first or removed with Detach & Delete.</li>
<li>Bulk delete — Remove multiple unused items in one action.</li>
<li>Incremental updates — Saving a post re-scans that post only, keeping the cache fresh without a full rescan.</li>
<li>Filters — All / Used / Unused, mime type filters, and search by filename.</li>
<li>Library overview — On the main screen: total storage, image vs non-image space, space by file type (bars), largest uploads, and most-referenced media (cached for performance).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported for</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress Gutenberg (core blocks)</li>
<li>Elementor</li>
<li>Avada</li>
<li>ACF (Advanced Custom Fields)</li>
<li>WooCommerce (featured image + gallery)</li>
<li>Builders that store media URLs or IDs in <code>post_content</code> or <code>post_meta</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>How it works</h3>
When you run Scan All Media, the plugin rebuilds its usage cache: it inspects content and meta for attachment IDs, upload URLs, <code>_thumbnail_id</code>, WooCommerce galleries, and nested structures. Each link is stored with a usage type. Saving a post triggers a targeted re-scan for that post only.
On Media → ProgMaze Media Scanner, filter by used or unused, narrow by type, search by filename, use View Usage for details, and delete or Detach & Delete as needed. Deletions are permanent—back up first.

ProgMaze Media Scanner

Deep scan of where media is used site-wide; find unused library files and delete or detach them safely.

Katsushi Kawamori

<h4>Edit Mime Type</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add Mime Type</li>
<li>Remove Mime Type</li>
<li>Change File Type</li>
</ul>
<h4>Edit Users</h4>
<ul>
<li>Specify uploadable extensions for each user</li>
<li>Specify non-uploadable extensions for each user</li>
</ul>

Mime Types Plus

The UI is unclear. There are greyed-out checkboxes beside the types which are recognized by WordPress already. You can NEVER enable or disable them, so showing disabled checkboxes beside them is confusing, as it implies there's some way to enable them, but there isn't. Just LIST the built-in types, please, without implying that they can be edited. Also label them as the built-in types.
Checking a box beside something is generally considered to mean that you're enabling it. Here, checking a box means you want to delete it. Counterintuitive. Please use a red-X or minus control rather than a checkbox to mark things for deletion.
It would be VERY HELPFUL to have a built-in list of the more common unrecognized filetypes that could be enabled with one click or check, rather than having to look up the MIME type online every time. epub, mobi, and azw formats in particular.



Does the job but could be greatly improved

Add the mime type that can be used in the media library to each file type.

ProgMaze Media Scanner vs Mime Types Plus