Delete Thumbnails
by David Sword · Media
Also makes 2 other plugins · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
Find and delete thumbnails & resized images from your Media Library
44 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3343 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
58
now · peak 163
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.1y ago
latest release · v2.2
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-11-21 · 1,379 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2018-12-19Reviewers say the rewritten version works fast and cleanly, freeing hundreds of megabytes of unused thumbnails, including on multisite, with only a passing wish for more control over which sizes get deleted.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kotofey7.7y ago
One of the only plugins which work on multisite. Good job! UPD: tested on WP 5.0.1 This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by kotofey.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dugonja7.7y ago
Simple, effective and fast.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcioshibukawa7.8y ago
It has excluded more than 5000 images that have been resized on my site, saving space on my host.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ p.zehfroush8.0y ago
This plugin solve my Problem, thank you so much and Good job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kash8.4y ago
Really helpful plugin A future development would be to choose what type of thumbnail to delete. Still perfect as it is.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bbimail8.6y ago
All should add it to renew thumbs – 245mb deleted! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Arnau8.6y ago
Is works perfect in no time!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ashleighm9.0y ago
“14286 files successfully deleted.” Nice! I saw this plugin was rewritten and decided to give it some love. I really needed to clean out all my weird thumbnail sizes as my host was going to start charging me for extra storage! Now my uploads folder is squeaky clean and only has the image sizes I actually use. Yay!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-16 200+ → 100+ down after 92 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 200+ → 100+ down after 32 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 200+ → 100+ down after 973 days in tier
- 2023-06-02 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
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).
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Polaroid Gallery 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Media Sweep – WordPress Media Cleaner 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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