Wp Core Tools

<p>Tidy Media finds and removes unused images, videos, and other media files cluttering your WordPress Media Library. Files are moved to a quarantine folder before deletion, so you can restore anything that turns out to still be in use.</p>
<p>Page builder support, WooCommerce detection, and custom field scanning are all included with no feature gating.</p>
<h4>Quarantine</h4>
<p>Files are not deleted directly. They are moved to a quarantine folder where they remain for a configurable retention period (default 30 days). One-click restore brings the file back to its original location with all thumbnails intact. After the retention period files are automatically deleted, or you can clear the quarantine manually at any time.</p>
<h4>Scanning</h4>
<p>The scanner runs in two phases. First it collects every media reference it can find: post content, featured images, page builder data, WooCommerce products, custom fields, widgets, site options, and theme files. Then it compares every file in the Media Library against that list. Anything not found in any source is flagged as unused.</p>
<p>Scans run in batches with resource monitoring and can pause and resume, so they will not crash your site.</p>
<h4>Page Builders</h4>
<p>Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, and Bricks. Detects images used in widgets, modules, backgrounds, templates, and saved layouts. Builders that are not installed appear greyed out in the scan sources list.</p>
<h4>WooCommerce</h4>
<p>Product featured images, gallery images, variation images, category and tag thumbnails, and downloadable files.</p>
<h4>Custom Fields</h4>
<p>ACF, Meta Box, Pods, JetEngine, and Toolset Types. Image, file, gallery, and media fields in post meta, term meta, user meta, and option pages. Repeaters, groups, and flexible content layouts are walked.</p>
<h4>Other</h4>
<p>Filter by file type, size, or upload date. Bulk actions for cleanup. CSV export of unused file lists. Detection of unregistered files (files in uploads/ without a Media Library entry, often left behind by backup or image optimization plugins).</p>
<h4>100% Free</h4>
<p>No pro version, no upsells. Every feature is included.</p>


Tidy Media

Find and safely remove unused media files from your Media Library. Quarantine system, page builder and WooCommerce support included free.

Olivier Bigras

<p><strong>Oli Media Cleaner</strong> scans your entire WordPress site to find media files that are no longer in use. It performs a deep analysis across multiple sources to accurately determine which files are safe to remove.</p>
<h4>What Gets Scanned</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Post & page content</strong> — all post types, Gutenberg blocks, classic editor</li>
<li><strong>Featured images</strong> — all post types including WooCommerce product variations</li>
<li><strong>Custom fields (post meta)</strong> — any plugin or theme that stores attachment IDs or URLs</li>
<li><strong>ACF (Advanced Custom Fields)</strong> — image, file, gallery, repeater, flexible content, group, clone fields, and Options pages</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce</strong> — product galleries, variation images</li>
<li><strong>Elementor</strong> — page builder widget data</li>
<li><strong>Theme files</strong> — PHP, CSS, JS templates scanned for hardcoded image references</li>
<li><strong>CSS background images</strong> — inline styles in post content</li>
<li><strong>Widgets</strong> — image, gallery, text, custom HTML widgets</li>
<li><strong>Site identity</strong> — site logo, site icon, theme mods</li>
<li><strong>Serialized data</strong> — deep scan of complex plugin data structures</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Batch scanning</strong> — processes 50 attachments per batch to avoid timeouts</li>
<li><strong>Whitelist</strong> — protect files you want to keep even if unused</li>
<li><strong>Bulk actions</strong> — trash, whitelist, restore, or permanently delete multiple files at once</li>
<li><strong>Trash All</strong> — one-click batch trash of all unused images with progress bar (handles thousands)</li>
<li><strong>Scheduled auto-cleanup</strong> — enable daily, twice daily, or weekly automatic scan and trash via WP-Cron</li>
<li><strong>Progress bar</strong> — real-time scanning progress</li>
<li><strong>No external dependencies</strong> — uses native WordPress admin styles, no Bootstrap or jQuery UI</li>
<li><strong>Zero custom database tables</strong> — stores data in WordPress options</li>
<li><strong>Clean uninstall</strong> — removes all plugin data on deletion</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to Use</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Oli Media Cleaner</strong> under <strong>Media</strong> in the WordPress admin sidebar</li>
<li>Click <strong>Scan for Unused Media</strong></li>
<li>Review the results in the <strong>Unused</strong> tab</li>
<li><strong>Whitelist</strong> any files you want to keep</li>
<li><strong>Trash</strong> files you don’t need</li>
<li>Go to the <strong>Trash</strong> tab to permanently delete or restore files</li>
</ol>


Oli Media Cleaner

Scan and remove unused media files from your WordPress site to free up disk space.

Tidy Media vs Oli Media Cleaner