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Cleanup Orphan Images

by DimitriAus · WordPress.org page

v1.8.3 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Cleanup Orphan Images has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,387 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 5, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Cleanup Orphan Images at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
1,387
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Cleanup Orphan Images well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Scans uploads directory for orphan media files
  • Supports images: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF, SVG, ICO
  • Supports documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, TXT, RTF, CSV
  • Supports audio: MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WMA
  • Supports video: MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, WebM, FLV, M4V, MPEG, MPG
  • Supports archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ
  • Safe manual selection before deletion
  • Warns when orphan count exceeds server’s max_input_vars limit (typically 1000)
  • Optimized O(1) performance with hash-based detection

Cleanup Orphan Images reviews and ratings

2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

2 reviews

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  • Wonderful !

    Only 1 review and a hundred installations ? I had to participate ! I was wondering why my media backups were so heavy, and I discovered the existence of orphan medias.. So I tried this plugin, it can't be more simple to use than that, scan, delete, end. And it worked perfectly, no broken images on website, only orphan medias deleted. For a client's website that I have taken over managing, the media backups went from over 480Mo to 60Mo. Simply lovely.

    clementmartineau

  • Lightweight and delivering, It just works.

    11.4 kb for a plugin is admirable, thank you

    walstice

Details

Orphan media files cleaner

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • cleanup
  • files
  • images
  • media
  • orphan

More from DimitriAus

Version
1.8.3
Last updated
Sep 5, 2026
First published
Dec 29, 2025
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Cleanup Orphan Images FAQ

What does Cleanup Orphan Images do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Cleanup Orphan Images offers Scans uploads directory for orphan media files, Supports images: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF, SVG, ICO, Supports documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, TXT, RTF, CSV, Supports audio: MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WMA and Supports video: MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, WebM, FLV, M4V, MPEG, MPG.

How many active installs does Cleanup Orphan Images have?

WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Cleanup Orphan Images as of September 7, 2026.

Is Cleanup Orphan Images still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 5, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Cleanup Orphan Images free?

Cleanup Orphan Images is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.