Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!
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About
Clean your WordPress! Eliminate unused and broken media files. For a faster, and better website.
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What It Does
Media Cleaner scans your WordPress Media Library to identify images, documents, and other files that are no longer referenced in any posts, pages, or custom content on your site. It also flags broken entries where the underlying file is missing from the server. You can review each flagged item individually and delete it directly from the dashboard, which helps reclaim disk space and keep the library tidy.
Who It's For
This plugin is a good fit for site owners or administrators on long-running WordPress sites where the media library has accumulated hundreds or thousands of unused uploads through theme changes, content deletions, or page builders. It is also useful for developers cleaning up client sites after redesigns or migrations. Sites with strict hosting storage limits will benefit most from its disk-recovery function.
Who Should Skip It
If your site is new, has fewer than a few dozen media files, or you already audit uploads manually, this plugin adds little value and introduces an unnecessary risk of accidental deletion. Users uncomfortable verifying which entries are genuinely orphaned should also skip it and rely on periodic manual cleanup instead.
The Bottom Line
Media Cleaner earns an overall quality score of 83.49 out of 100 and does a focused job well: finding unused and broken media entries so you can delete them in bulk. Its perfect maintenance score and strong ratings are real positives, while the small support thread sample leaves some uncertainty about responsiveness under load. If your media library is bloated, it is a sensible and reasonably safe choice; just be sure to back up before any bulk deletion.
Related Plugins
Pick Safe SVG instead if your concern is letting WordPress accept SVG uploads safely, since it solves a different problem than cleaning up unused media files.
Choose Autoptimize if your goal is improving front-end performance through CSS, JS, and font optimization rather than reclaiming storage from orphaned uploads.
Go with FileBird when you need to organize a large media library into folders, which addresses the management problem before cleanup becomes necessary.
Select WebP Express if converting images to the WebP format for faster page loads is your priority, since it targets delivery optimization rather than file removal.
Use Responsive Lightbox & Gallery when you want better display and gallery features for existing media instead of removing unused files from the library.