Delete Thumbnails
by David Sword · Media
Also makes 4 other plugins · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
Find and delete thumbnails & resized images from your Media Library
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
+69%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “delete”, “images” and “library” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
44 health vs 62 average across 3,281 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 8.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4.8.34, well behind 6.8.
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.
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3404 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.9★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3404 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| delete your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| thumbnails your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “delete”, “images” and “library” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 163 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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
9.3y ago
latest release · v2.2 · 28 Jul 2017
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.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kotofey7.9y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ Dugonja7.9y ago
Simple, effective and fast.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcioshibukawa7.9y 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.zehfroush8.2y ago
This plugin solve my Problem, thank you so much and Good job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kash8.6y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ bbimail8.8y ago
All should add it to renew thumbs – 245mb deleted! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Arnau8.8y ago
Is works perfect in no time!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ashleighm9.1y 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
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,288 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
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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iOS images fixer 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Polaroid Gallery 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Media Sweep – WordPress Media Cleaner 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
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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