Autoremove Attachments

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1. ★★★★★ MaryMak

   1.6y ago

   Simple, straightforward and does what it claims to do. Really useful and easy as this task should be.

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2. ★★★★★ jemcbade

   4.9y ago

   I have clients that create attachments for a CPT, delete the post but leave the Media in the library. “Why is my site getting so big? The backups are HUGE now!” *facepalm* Thank you for the code for the filter to only effect certain post types so they don’t break the site 😛 Very well thought out use case and code. So far works with WP 5.8.1 and Metabox CPTs.

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3. ★★★★★ Weiching

   5.3y ago

   I provide the user front-end to publish articles, and I need to delete them frequently, which saves me a lot of time. Thank you.

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4. ★★★★★ doulou

   6.4y ago

   I wish I’d discovered this plugin a while back! My client has a website with 2 custom post types and constant posts being added and removed. The plugin works perfectly (I was worried about the galleries). Thanks for a great time-saving plugin!

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5. ★★★★★ Mohsin Alam

   6.5y ago

   This plugin worked when the image is featured image to the post, but can’t delete which is uploaded in the middle of post.

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6. ★★★★★ wordmax

   6.7y ago

   Had a blog with 3000 posts w/ images that I wanted to delete. I installed and activated this plugin and then used Bulk Delete plugin to delete all 3000 old articles. This plugin did a great job and there were no old images left in the uploads folder. Sooo much faster than doing this manually or using two separate plugins to get rid of posts and then media. It took less than 1 minute to delete 3000 posts and the attached media with the combo Bulk Delete/Autoremove Attachments plugins together. Well done dev!

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7. ★★★★★ Kyler Boudreau

   7.1y ago

   NICE. Love it! The fact that it purges images upon deletion rocks the house. Thank you for developing this!

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8. ★★★★★ Jellico

   8.0y ago

   At the first look, it seemed dangerous, since some posts could use the same images, and this plugin would remove this. I talked to the creator, about a failsafe system, and within a few hours, the function was added. Now you can set the plug-in to only deleted images from posts that have a specific tag, so now you don’t need to worried about the other images. This is the plug-in that actually should be mandatory, and should be installed with WordPress. I actually can’t understand why WordPress don’t removes images and stuff when you’re deleting a post.. but this plug-in solves everything..

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.1 Minor improvements to admin notices 1.3.1
2. — Version 1.3.0 Minor code refactoring Language files updated 1.3.0
3. — Version 1.2.1 Fixed a bug that blocked changes to image sizes under Settings > Media 1.2.1
4. — Version 1.2.0 Minor code refactoring Extended support for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads. New safety checks when you empty your trash – We now try to determine if the child attachments marked for removal are used anywhere else 1.2.0
5. — Version 1.1.2 New filter added to allow developers define custom rules for controlling when the child attachments should be removed automatically Removed the old ‘autoremove_attachments_post_types’ filter in favor of the new one – ins 1.1.2
6. — Version 1.1.1 New filter added to allow developers to change for what post types the child attachments should be removed automatically ( see FAQ for instructions ) Fixed a minor incompatibility with WP-Sweep 1.1.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.2

Translated into 6 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-05-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-05-11 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-05-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 912 days in tier
4. 2022-11-09 3K+ → 4K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Reveal IDs 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• A Attachments 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B
• DX Delete Attached Media 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags C
• LH Add Media From Url 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
• Simple Revision Control 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
• Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A

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Autoremove Attachments: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/autoremove-attachments