Title: Reinvent Media Cleanup Author: Reinvent WP Published: October 14, 2026 Last modified: October 17, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/reinvent-media-cleanup/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3745516) ![](https://ps.w.org/reinvent-media-cleanup/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3745516) # Reinvent Media Cleanup By [Reinvent WP](https://profiles.wordpress.org/reinventwp/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/reinvent-media-cleanup.1.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reinvent-media-cleanup/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reinvent-media-cleanup/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reinvent-media-cleanup/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reinvent-media-cleanup/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reinvent-media-cleanup/) ## Description Media Cleanup finds the images and files your site no longer uses and removes them safely, so your backups get smaller and your uploads folder stays tidy. **It reads your whole site, not just your posts.** Page builders (Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Oxygen, Breakdance, WPBakery, Avada…), custom fields (ACF, Meta Box, JetEngine), WooCommerce galleries and categories, sliders, theme settings, widgets, menus, theme files and the CSS that builders generate. No extra add-on per plugin and nothing behind a paywall. **Nothing is deleted behind your back.** Files go to a private trash first. Restore anything in one click. **The safety net.** If a visitor, Google or an old newsletter asks for a file you trashed, Media Cleanup notices and puts it back automatically, then keeps it out of future results. #### Why it’s different * **Every builder supported, free.** Instead of a parser per plugin, Media Cleanup reads post content, all post meta, options, term and user meta, comments, other plugins’ database tables, theme files and generated CSS as plain text. If an image is referenced anywhere, it’s kept. * **Honest results.** Each file is marked **Safe to remove** or **Check first**, with the reason in plain words: “Uploaded to _About us_ but that page doesn’t show it anymore”, “Uploaded in the last 14 days”, “PDFs are often linked from emails”. If part of your site couldn’t be read, results are marked “Check first” instead of guessing. * **Uploads folder scan, free.** Finds files that aren’t in the Media Library, leftover WebP/AVIF copies of deleted images, and old thumbnail sizes nothing uses. * **Safe by design.** Never runs your shortcodes or page builder code during a scan. Re-checks posts you edited after the scan before moving anything. * **Fast on big sites.** The scan runs in small steps that fit your server’s time limit, resumes after a timeout, and keeps going in the background if you close the page. * **Simple or Advanced.** Simple mode is one button and a list to review. Advanced mode adds the full scan report, every option, scheduled scans and an error log. * **Search your settings in plain words.** Type “skip a folder” or “restore a deleted image” and jump straight to the right setting. * **Media Library “Usage” column.** See where each image is used, from the last scan. * **WP-CLI included.** `wp media-cleanup scan`, `list`, `trash --all-safe`, `restore`,` empty-trash`, `usage`. #### Free features * Media Library scan with confidence levels and reasons * Uploads folder scan (orphan files, leftover WebP/AVIF/@2x copies, old thumbnail sizes) * Missing-file detection (library entries whose file is gone) * Private trash with previews, restore and permanent delete * Safety net with automatic restore and a server self-test * Optional automatic trash emptying after N days without visitor requests * Daily or weekly scheduled scans * Keep list (hide files you want to keep) * Scan report: what was read, plugins and tables found, anything skipped * Settings backup and restore * WP-CLI commands #### Tip Like any cleanup tool, keep a recent backup before deleting files permanently. ### External services This plugin works on your server. Your images and files are never uploaded anywhere. The plugin’s admin page connects to one external service, operated by us: **Reinvent WP Services** (services.reinventwp.com), used for two things: 1. Settings search. It finds the right setting when you describe what you want in your own words. When you type in the settings search box on the plugin’s admin page, it sends the text you typed, the plugin name and the plugin version. Nothing is sent until you type a search. 2. Error reports. They help us fix bugs. They are sent only after you click “I Agree” on the privacy notice in the plugin’s admin page. When the admin page hits an error, it sends the error message, the admin page URL (which includes your site address), your browser’s user agent and the plugin version. Before you agree, errors are only saved in the plugin’s own error log on your site. Reinvent WP Services: [Terms of use](https://reinventwp.com/terms-and-conditions), [Privacy policy](https://reinventwp.com/privacy). ### Source Code The admin screen is built with React and TypeScript. The compiled files in `public/ js` are generated with webpack from the human-readable source code included in the plugin at `source/admin`. ## Screenshots [⌊Home: how much you can free up, and what to review first.⌉⌊Home: how much you can free up, and what to review first.⌉[ Home: how much you can free up, and what to review first. [⌊Review: every file with the reason it was flagged.⌉⌊Review: every file with the reason it was flagged.⌉[ Review: every file with the reason it was flagged. [⌊Trash: restore or delete for good, with visitor requests highlighted.⌉⌊Trash: restore or delete for good, with visitor requests highlighted.⌉[ Trash: restore or delete for good, with visitor requests highlighted. [⌊Settings search: describe what you want in your own words.⌉⌊Settings search: describe what you want in your own words.⌉[ Settings search: describe what you want in your own words. ## Installation 1. Install the plugin from **Plugins Add New** (search for “Reinvent Media Cleanup”), or upload the zip. 2. Activate it. You land on **Media Cleanup**. 3. Click **Scan my site**, then review the results. ## FAQ ### Will it delete images my page builder uses? Media Cleanup reads page builder data directly (for example Elementor’s `_elementor_data`, Divi shortcodes, Beaver Builder settings), plus custom fields, plugin tables and generated CSS. If a file is referenced anywhere in that data, it’s kept. Anything uncertain is marked “Check first”. ### What happens when I move a file to the trash? The file and all its resized copies move to a private folder in `wp-content` that visitors can’t open. The Media Library entry is hidden but kept. Restore puts everything back exactly where it was. ### What is the safety net? When someone requests a trashed file’s URL, the request reaches WordPress because the file is missing. Media Cleanup recognizes the path, records the request and ( by default) restores the file immediately. Use **Test now** on the Home screen to check your server supports it. ### Does it work on large sites? Yes. The scan works in small steps that fit your server’s time limit and saves its progress after each one. Close the page and it continues in the background with WP-Cron, or run `wp media-cleanup scan` over SSH. ### Does it support multisite? Each site is scanned on its own from its own Media Cleanup screen. ### What does “Check first” mean? The file looks unused, but there’s a reason to look before removing it: it’s still attached to a page, it was uploaded recently, it isn’t an image (PDFs are often linked from emails), or part of your site couldn’t be read. ### Is anything sent to your servers? Only what you type into the settings search, and error reports from the admin page. See External Services above. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Reinvent Media Cleanup” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Reinvent WP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/reinventwp/) [Translate “Reinvent Media Cleanup” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reinvent-media-cleanup) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reinvent-media-cleanup/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/reinvent-media-cleanup/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reinvent-media-cleanup/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reinvent-media-cleanup/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.2 * Fixed: after moving files to the trash in bulk, the dialog title no longer reads“ Move 0 files to the trash?”; it shows that the move finished. * Fixed: Tools > Site Health now shows the new uploads folder size right after files move to the trash, are restored or are deleted, instead of the old cached size. #### 1.0.1 * Fixed: checkboxes in the Review and Trash lists now respond to a click anywhere on the box, not only on one corner. #### 1.0.0 * First release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **7 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [clean media library](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clean-media-library/) [delete unused media](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/delete-unused-media/) [media cleaner](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media-cleaner/)[Optimize](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/optimize/) [unused images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unused-images/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reinvent-media-cleanup/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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