ognjen.kuljic

<p>Some very useful plugins like Regenerate Thumbnails leaves old files behind, so it is good practice to clean after it.</p>
<p>Features:<br />
*Remove all unused files from upload dir (Unattached files to posts or pages),<br />
*Remove all leftover files (forgotten files in upload dir).</p>


qCleanup

This plugin allows you to delete unused and leftover files from upload dir. In one click you can rid of all unwanted files and reduce space usage.

DimitriAus

<p>Removes files left in the uploads folder that are invisible in the WordPress Media Library. This does not include Unattached media, which can be easily found and removed in the standard Media Library.</p>
<p>These orphan files may have been left behind from:</p>
<ul>
<li>Failed or interrupted uploads</li>
<li>Plugin operations or migrations</li>
<li>FTP/SFTP uploads not registered in WordPress</li>
<li>Database restores or imports</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Scans uploads directory for orphan media files</li>
<li>Supports images: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF, SVG, ICO</li>
<li>Supports documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, TXT, RTF, CSV</li>
<li>Supports audio: MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WMA</li>
<li>Supports video: MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, WebM, FLV, M4V, MPEG, MPG</li>
<li>Supports archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ</li>
<li>Safe manual selection before deletion</li>
<li>Warns when orphan count exceeds server’s max_input_vars limit (typically 1000)</li>
<li>Optimized O(1) performance with hash-based detection</li>
</ul>
<h4>Note</h4>
<p>This plugin does NOT manage “unattached” images in the Media Library. WordPress already provides built-in filtering for unattached media. This plugin focuses specifically on finding physical files that WordPress doesn’t know about at all.</p>


Cleanup Orphan Images

Finds and deletes orphan media files from the uploads directory that are not registered in WordPress.

qCleanup vs Cleanup Orphan Images