Unused Media Cleaner
by Vishal Padhariya · Media
Also makes 3 other plugins · 110+ installs across the portfolio →
Unused Media Cleaner scans your WordPress site to find and remove unused media files, freeing storage and improving site speed and performance.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
100+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “media cleaner”, “media management” and “unused media” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →12%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 842 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,324 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.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 384 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| media cleaner your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| unused media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “media cleaner”, “media management” and “unused media” 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 23 Jul 2025 · 467 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 99 · 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 1 Nov 2026.
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
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 14 Oct 2025
1
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 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 100.
Install history since 15 Oct 2025
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Unused Media Cleaner scans your WordPress site to find and remove unused media files, freeing storage and i..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 367 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "media management", "WordPress media" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-28 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 80+ → 90+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-19 70+ → 80+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 80+ → 70+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 60+ → 80+ up after 53 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 70+ → 80+ up 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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Mediapapa – Your WordPress Media Library Manager & Copilot 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Unattached Media Manager 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
MGCora Unused Media Cleaner 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Gogasys Media Cleaner: Clean Unused Media, Duplicate Files & Database 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
OliveroDev Media Audit – Media Library Cleaner & Optimizer 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
AVAR Media Optimizer 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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