Media Cleaner
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library
by Jordy Meow · WordPress.org page · Website
Media Cleaner has 90,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 5,272,084 downloads all time. It was downloaded 182,740 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Media Cleaner at a glance
Is Media Cleaner well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Filesystem Analysis: Scans your physical /uploads directory and matches it against the Media Library
- Extra support for complex plugins, such as ACF, Metabox, Divi Builder, Fusion Builder (Avada), WPBakery Page Builder, Visual Composer, Elementor, Beaver…
- Live Site Scan: Analyzes the online version of your website, potentially improving accuracy in some cases
- WP-CLI support: Allows you to run the plugin at a higher speed or automatically with direct server access (via SSH)
Media Cleaner reviews and ratings
776 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
776 reviews
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Top Plugin
Unverzichtbares Plugin zum Bereinigen von ungenutzten Mediendateien. Eine große Hilfe, gerade wenn man viele Artikel veröffentlicht, die nur eine bestimmte Laufzeit haben.
Stefan Richter -
Excellent plugin
Does everything that I require of it.
dutchy42 -
Great plugin
Cant fault it , Saves me tonnes of time.
nicolebmiller201 -
Super efficient and to the point
Not that I wouldn't be comfortable running SQL queries... not... The trash feature is bonus and the plugin works as advertised
alex1savu -
Great plugin and great support
It's one of the few WP plugins worth paying for! Keep up the great work, Meow team!
mauriciojaramil -
did the job
I sell numerous one-off items, with lots of photos. This app cut out the pics of the sold items, clearing memory for fresh stock. It worked great. A request for the developer - it would be very useful if it could label photos in the Wordpress/Woocommerce media library when they have been linked to a product. As there are a lot of photos it would make it easier to pick out the relevant ones when uploading new products.
stillworking
Download and install history
266,830 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
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Details
Find and delete unused images and media files, fix broken entries, with a trash to undo anything. A lighter, faster WordPress! 💕
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- clean
- images
- media
- media library
- unused images
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- Version
- 7.3.3
- Last updated
- Oct 20, 2026
- First published
- May 15, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 8.1
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Media Cleaner FAQ
What does Media Cleaner do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Media Cleaner offers Filesystem Analysis: Scans your physical /uploads directory and matches it against the Media Library, Extra support for complex plugins, such as ACF, Metabox, Divi Builder, Fusion Builder (Avada), WPBakery Page Builder, Visual Composer, Elementor, Beaver, Live Site Scan: Analyzes the online version of your website, potentially improving accuracy in some cases and WP-CLI support: Allows you to run the plugin at a higher speed or automatically with direct server access (via SSH).
How many active installs does Media Cleaner have?
WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs for Media Cleaner as of October 22, 2026.
Is Media Cleaner still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Does Media Cleaner have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 3 of 3 recent support threads for Media Cleaner are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Media Cleaner free?
Media Cleaner is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.