Delete Unscaled Images

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At the current install trend, crossing 900+ in roughly 83 days.

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Reviewers call it simple, fast and effective at clearing oversized originals, and the main ask is a dry run that lists files before anything gets deleted.

1. ★★★★★ weboersma

   1.7y ago

   Works fine.Tested it quite good: – big images are deleted– when media upload has an error then the big image is not deleted; that’s good– smaller versions do still work (when image is very small showed on website) I am very satisfied.

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2. ★★★★★ Room 34 Creative Services, LLC

   1.8y ago

   I couldn’t believe how hard it was for me to track down a tool that did what this plugin does: delete the oversized originals after WordPress creates the -scaled versions of uploaded images. Permanently deleting files is a risky task so I think it would be more reassuring to users of this plugin if it gave some details before they click the link to fire off the action, i.e. maybe a “dry run” that lists the files that would be deleted, without actually deleting them first. But if you know what you’re doing, this is a great, easy-to-use tool for freeing up disk space — potentially a lot of disk space.

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3. ★★★★★ coderguy

   2.2y ago

   Having local backups of all of my original source photos, and never planning to regenerate thumbnails on this particular WordPress site, I went ahead with the drastic action of deleting all the originals. This plugin was very easy to use. Just know ahead of time what you’re getting into if you follow through with this action.

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4. ★★★★★ solmediapl

   2.6y ago

   A great plugin. It definitely deserves a try if you need a tool to delete unnecesseary big images.

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5. ★★★★★ robertstaddon

   3.3y ago

   This plugin is simple and fast and works brilliantly! It saves disk space usage by quickly and effectively removing all of the original, unscaled images that were over 2560px on the longest edge when uploaded.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-29 900+ → 800+ down after 28 days in tier
2. 2026-06-01 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-31 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-05-30 800+ → 900+ up after 40 days in tier
5. 2026-04-20 700+ → 800+ up after 29 days in tier
6. 2026-03-22 600+ → 700+ up after 13 days in tier
7. 2026-03-09 500+ → 600+ up after 13 days in tier
8. 2026-02-24 400+ → 500+ up after 23 days in tier

Competes with

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• Modern Image Formats 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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Delete Unscaled Images: 800+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/delete-unscaled-images