Media Hygiene
Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More!
by slui · WordPress.org page · Website
Media Hygiene has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 64,520 downloads all time. It was downloaded 4,757 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 12, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Media Hygiene at a glance
Is Media Hygiene well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Dashboard – shows list of all unused media by occupied space and by type
- Notifications – a summary email when new files have been uploaded since your last scan. Monthly by default, and you can change it to daily, weekly, bi-weekly…
- Site builder compatibility – detects media placed with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Visual Composer and OceanWP on pages and posts, plus sliders built…
- Whitelist – keep files safe from deletion. Perfect for files linked to from off-site sources
- Filtering – files by name, by year and month, and by category: images, video, audio, documents or others
- Page size – show between 1 and 200 results at a time. The default is 10
- Exclude file types – leave chosen extensions out of the scan in Settings. Font files and CSS are excluded already
- Backup – download unused media file individually or by page
- Delete – remove files individually or by page
- Scan – scanning process for all media files not linked to any page/post or other theme settings
- Support – only through WordPress repository
Media Hygiene reviews and ratings
41 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Nice Tool!
Worked as promised, quick and reliable support.
vortechdp -
Worked very well on my site
Very pleased with the outcome of media library scan and uploads folder scan.Got down inside my Visual Portfolio and Wonder 3D Carousel plugins and preserved all images which is not something the free options out there can achieve.
tutilld -
Best unused media cleaner plugin
Highly Recommended
mdmomnurislam10 -
It works! Oh and their cstomer support is top notch.
I was at 95% of my iNode count on my hosting provider (which caps me at 600,000 inodes). And these guys helped me reduce that by over 300,000, giving me years left of affordable hosting. So worth whatever trivial amount they charge for this tool. Also they logged into my site and helped me execute everything for no extra cost. OMG, love these guys so much! Can't recommend them highly enough!Mike
HoneyTrek -
Doesn't properly filter unused media
It doesn't properly filter unused media for me. I've checked the first few pages of it but all images were in fact included in blogposts. Oh well! The search for another plugin continues.
newleafdesigns -
Worked like a charm on 3 separate sites
The plugin was perfect for a non-tech savvy user like myself. You scan, it shows you used media from unused media and the amount of disc space you're using for each. Next, you choose whether to allow/save or trash the unused. I always double checked media before permanently deleting from the trash and it worked seamlessly each time. Can't figure out the low reviews.
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Download and install history
5,564 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
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Details
Find and delete unused images in your WordPress media library, free up hosting space, and keep your backups small.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- delete unused images
- media cleanup
- media library
- unused images
- unused media
- Version
- 6.1.1
- Last updated
- Oct 12, 2026
- First published
- Apr 6, 2023
- Requires WordPress
- 5.3
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 8.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Media Hygiene FAQ
What does Media Hygiene do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Media Hygiene offers Dashboard – shows list of all unused media by occupied space and by type, Notifications – a summary email when new files have been uploaded since your last scan. Monthly by default, and you can change it to daily, weekly, bi-weekly, Site builder compatibility – detects media placed with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Visual Composer and OceanWP on pages and posts, plus sliders built, Whitelist – keep files safe from deletion. Perfect for files linked to from off-site sources and Filtering – files by name, by year and month, and by category: images, video, audio, documents or others.
How many active installs does Media Hygiene have?
WordPress.org reports 4,000+ active installs for Media Hygiene as of October 22, 2026.
Is Media Hygiene still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 12, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Does Media Hygiene have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Media Hygiene are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Media Hygiene free?
Media Hygiene is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.