Upload Janitor

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1. ★★★★★ amityweb

   9.3y ago

   This is good in concept but not good in pratice because of the lack of the following important features: 1) Cant set it to check only media folders (e.g. 2016, 2017 etc), and it will check the whole Uploads folder. Therefore it reports files as “not being used” as actually being used, like we have geo location data, ithemes security logs, backups etc. We are only interested in the media items, so would like to specify media folders 2) Does not show thumbnails, only a list. If you have an image called 3e67dhw39d3.jpg you have no chance knowing what it is whether you want to delete it or not 3) It checks the posts if the images are used or not. This is not actually the best way. What i would expect is to compare the Uploads folder to the Media section in WordPress. I would like to delete files in uploads that are not listed in Media. Instead it is suggesting to delete files that are in Media but just not in any post (does it even check ACF fields?) This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by amityweb.

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2. ★★★★★ chbrosso

   13.3y ago

   Worked perfectly, no problem

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3. ★★★★★ jimkend

   13.6y ago

   There were no other choices. I’m rebuilding my site locally on a MAMP install, so thought I couldn’t losed anything. Voilá pesky bloated images gone. Haven’t checked absolutely everwhere, but I believe it looks good.

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4. ★★★★★ Poi5on

   13.7y ago

   Works perfectly but can use an update: This plugin hasn’t been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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Automated 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

1. 2026-06-03 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2026-05-31 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-05-27 50+ → 40+ down after 15 days in tier
4. 2026-05-12 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-05-11 50+ → 40+ down after 9 days in tier
6. 2026-05-02 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-05-01 50+ → 40+ down after 367 days in tier
8. 2025-04-29 60+ → 50+ down after 174 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).

• Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• File Upload Types by WPForms 40K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• C Custom Upload Dir 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• A Auto Prune Posts 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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Upload Janitor: 40+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/upload-janitor