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Total downloads: 5,766
Active installs: 800
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 1
Support threads resolved: 1 (100%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 11/18/2025 (43 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/20/2024 (1 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 43 days ago • Support resolved 100% • 7 reviews

71/100

Is Disk Usage Insights abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 43 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.4

Ratings

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Developers

Marcel Gleis (Owner)1

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Description

Find large files and large folders in no time. This plugin scans your whole WordPress installation, counts all files and folders, sums up the sizes and outputs useful statistics to find unwanted large objects in your system.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
  2. Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use this plugin?

You have two options:
* Open the Tools section in the Admin Area and select “Disk Usage Insights”.
* Click the pie chart in the admin bar.

How to uninstall the plugin?

Simply deactivate and delete the plugin. All previous snapshot databases will be deleted, too.

Does this plugin delete files?

No, this plugin only shows big files and directories. You need to delete them manually.

Where are the snapshot database files stored?

All data is stored within the plugin directory of this plugin. If you update or delete this plugin, previous snapshots will be deleted.

Is a different wp-content directory location possible?

No, but it is planned for the future.

Is a different plugin directory location possible?

No, but it is planned for the future.

Is a different uploads directory location possible?

No, but it is planned for the future.

Is Multisite supported?

Yes, but only for users with the “manage_sites” privilege, which Super Admins have by default.

Which PHP version is supported?

You need a PHP version >= 7.4.

Review feed

lucaslopvet
5/2/2025

Works like a charm

Very useful, congrats.

Screenshots

  1. Largest Files and Largest Folders

    Largest Files and Largest Folders

  2. Largest Folders, Folders with most files, Largest Plugins, Largest Themes

    Largest Folders, Folders with most files, Largest Plugins, Largest Themes

Changelog

1.9 (2025-11-18)

  • File Browser: Donut Chart + Navigate through folders

1.8 (2025-11-11)

  • Better Bar Chart
  • Percentage Display for Plugins and Themes
  • Changed the Review and Help links
  • Vertical Bar Charts for Plugins and Themes

1.7 (2025-11-06)

  • Added Bar Charts
  • Error Output to Website so it can be reported to the WordPress Forum

1.6 (2025-04-08)

  • Pagination for result tables
  • New visuals of the data analysis phases

1.5 (2025-03-16)

  • Plugin is now 2-5x faster in scanning and analysis

1.4 (2024-12-20)

  • Plugin now runs with PHP >=7.4

1.3 (2024-12-19)

  • Reimplemented “Largest Plugin Folder” and “Largest Theme Folders” from v1.1
  • Bugfix: Report “Largest Folders (incl. sub folders)” was sorted by count instead of size
  • Bugfix: Fix issues with the playground demo version

1.2 (2024-12-19)

  • Support for really big and slow installations (complete code rewrite, usage of sqlite as a database and job queues on top of it)

1.1 (2024-12-19)

  • Support for Multisite installations (user must have privilege “manage_sites” which Super Admins have by default)
  • Disk Usage in percent is now visualized with a bar in the background of the first column

1.0 (2024-08-20)

  • Plugin released.
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