Title: Media Library Doctor
Author: Elix Apps
Published: <strong>September 14, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 14, 2026

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# Media Library Doctor

 By [Elix Apps](https://profiles.wordpress.org/elixapps/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/media-library-doctor.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-doctor/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-doctor/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-doctor/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-doctor/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-doctor/)

## Description

Media Library Doctor is a comprehensive media library optimization and audit plugin
for WordPress. It scans your media attachments to identify performance bottlenecks,
orphaned files, duplicate uploads, and SEO accessibility issues.

#### Key Features

 * **Media Statistics & Health Score:** Overview of total files, storage breakdown,
   format distribution, and real-time health score calculation.
 * **Unused Images Finder:** Detect detached images not used in posts, pages, widgets,
   featured images, or postmeta.
 * **Huge Images Audit:** Flag oversized files and massive resolution images with
   configurable thresholds.
 * **Duplicate Image Finder:** Identify duplicate image uploads using MD5 file hashes.
 * **Missing ALT Text Editor:** Inline quick-edit interface to add missing ALT text
   directly or auto-generate draft ALT tags.
 * **Missing Dimensions Repair:** 1-Click tool to recalculate and restore missing
   image width and height metadata.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `media-library-doctor` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Access ‘Media Health’ from the WordPress Admin sidebar menu.

## FAQ

### Does deleting an unused image permanently remove it?

Yes, deleting an attachment removes the file and its metadata permanently. Always
ensure you have a site backup before deleting files.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Media Library Doctor” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Elix Apps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/elixapps/)

[Translate “Media Library Doctor” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/media-library-doctor)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-doctor/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/media-library-doctor/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-library-doctor/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-library-doctor/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * First commit.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial public release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **2 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [duplicate images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/duplicate-images/)[image audit](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-audit/)
   [missing alt](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/missing-alt/)[unused images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unused-images/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-doctor/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Elix Apps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/elixapps/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-doctor/)