Title: Thumbnail Cleaner
Author: thaikolja
Published: <strong>June 15, 2015</strong>
Last modified: March 30, 2018

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# thumbnail-cleaner

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-cleaner/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-cleaner/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-cleaner/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/thumbnail-cleaner/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of January 28, 2025 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f4fd2fc4d108aac189bd78ec8b66732db397d00abcfe4e5b50d3d69f5a1809cd?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Despite the fact that the plugin has not been updated for a long time, it still](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/despite-the-fact-that-the-plugin-has-not-been-updated-for-a-long-time-it-still/)󠁿

 [alexmcmeekin2017](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexmcmeekin2017/) January 5,
2023 2 replies

I am using WordPress version 6.1.1. The plugin correctly cleared all thumbnails (
24 thousand in a few minutes). Despite the fact that the plugin has not been updated
for a long time, it still works well. I thank the developer.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e7fb415254fa39bd584bf81285b2fe816a98926ac75a2369e52f8457b31891b?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin, still works with WP6.0](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-still-works-with-wp6-0/)󠁿

 [meeee2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/majdaly/) November 19, 2022

Does exactly as described

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ff32af0797217e231ecb1e2d46473b0bc3f2a79deae71f4db5079bc7ae6f27c7?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[5 year later works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/5-year-later-works-perfectly/)󠁿

 [jubilo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jubilo/) October 26, 2022 3 replies

Please update!!!! 5 year later works perfectly.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/470539c82e5d20dd2e0acd5c878e52033ad03ba356967688241467bff21a7d38?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Best Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-plugin-1201/)󠁿

 [sezgin yıldırım](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sezginyildirim/) August 3, 2022

Awesome!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4bbc62f98f077d5697efcd20be23b75144e847c94e8a993a0fd14340848b9a4e?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works as advertised](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-advertised-641/)󠁿

 [Caged](https://profiles.wordpress.org/caged/) January 8, 2020

Follow the instructions and it will work like a charm. I used this plugin on a 5.5
GB uploads folder containing 49193 images. Thanks, author!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf95c7f0892c0ab4c7d7a59771b8c1f619c547c43bc8a1adc6fce7469d4aabbb?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Faster cleaning uploads from generated copies for FTP transfer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faster-cleaning-uploads-from-generated-copies-for-ftp-transfer/)󠁿

 [dmitriyrf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dmitriyrf/) August 4, 2018 1 reply

I have been looking for this plugin functionality a long time, so I’m really satisfied

 [ Read all 28 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/thumbnail-cleaner/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Thumbnail Cleaner” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ thaikolja ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thaikolja/)

[Translate “Thumbnail Cleaner” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/thumbnail-cleaner)

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.4.2**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  PHP version ** 5.3 or higher **
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-cleaner/advanced/)