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Cleanup Orphan Images

by DimitriAus · WordPress.org page

v1.8.4 Tested up to WP 7.1.3 PHP 7.4+

Cleanup Orphan Images has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,947 downloads all time. It was downloaded 381 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 18, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Cleanup Orphan Images at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
1,947
Downloads, last 30 days
381
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

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 7.1.3, the current release is 7.1.3

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

Download and install history

675 downloads over the last 49 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Cleanup Orphan Images downloads per day0255075100Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Downloads per day
Active installs
Cleanup Orphan Images active installs0255075100Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Active installs
Rating out of 5
Cleanup Orphan Images rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Rating out of 5
Reviews
Cleanup Orphan Images review count00.511.52Sep 5Sep 29Oct 23Reviews

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
1.8.4
Last updated
Oct 18, 2026
First published
Dec 29, 2025
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
7.1.3
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 October 23, 2026.

Is Cleanup Orphan Images still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 18, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

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.