WordPress cleaning media library

You can clean up your WordPress Media Library manually. You can also back up only your Media Library via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Simply download the wp-content folder from your site's server, and save it in a safe location (such as in cloud storage).

1. How do I use media cleaner in WordPress?
2. How do I delete all photos from WordPress media library?
3. How do I bulk delete media in WordPress?
4. How do I speed up my WordPress media library?
5. What is Media Cleaner?
6. How do I remove unwanted files from WordPress?
7. How do I delete all unused photos?
8. How do I find unused media in WordPress?
9. What are unattached images WordPress?
10. How do I find unused images on my website?
11. How do I free up space on WordPress?

How do I use media cleaner in WordPress?

Upon activation, go to Media » Cleaner page to analyze your WordPress media library. The plugin may ask you to reset itself, during this process it will create a new table in your WordPress database to store data. After that, you need to click on the Start Scan button to run the media analysis.

How do I delete all photos from WordPress media library?

There are two options to completely delete all media in your WordPress media library in bulk. One using the WordPress admin page (safer) and one performing direct deletions using FTP/SSH/PHPMyAdmin, which is good if you have thousands of items to delete.

How do I bulk delete media in WordPress?

To select all media items on a page, click the checkbox at the top of the checkbox column, to the left to the word “File,” at the top of the screen. Use the “Bulk Actions” drop-down to select “Delete Permanently.” Click the “Apply” button to permanently delete the selected media items.

How do I speed up my WordPress media library?

Here are some tricks you can use to enhance media loading speeds on your WordPress site:

1. Insert Images at the Proper Size. When you upload an image to a WordPress site, you're given a choice about how you want to size it: ...
2. Clean Out Unused Files. ...
3. Make Use of Symlinks. ...
4. Optimize Server Settings. ...
5. Restrict User Access.

What is Media Cleaner?

Description. Media Cleaner cleans your Media Library from the media entries (and files) which aren't used in your website, as well as broken entries. An internal trash allows you to make sure everything works properly before deleting the media entries (and files) permanently.

How do I remove unwanted files from WordPress?

12 Ways to Clean Up Your WordPress Website

1. Clear Out Unneeded Themes and Plugins. ...
2. Make Sure Everything Is Updated. ...
3. Get Rid of Old Post Revisions. ...
4. Delete Media Files That Aren't Being Used. ...
5. Fix Broken Links. ...
6. Update Your User Information. ...
7. Clean Up Your Database. ...
8. Disable Assets From Loading on Unnecessary Pages.

How do I delete all unused photos?

docker image prune

1. Description. Remove unused images. API 1.25+ The client and daemon API must both be at least 1.25 to use this command. ...
2. Usage. $ docker image prune [OPTIONS]
3. Extended description. Remove all dangling images. ...
4. Options. Name, shorthand. ...
5. Examples. Example output: ...
6. Parent command. Command. ...
7. Related commands. Command.

How do I find unused media in WordPress?

You can also search through your media library for images which are unattached to posts and pages. Go to media library and click the "unattached" it will display all images that may be displayed on other parts of your site or not used.

What are unattached images WordPress?

Unattached – Unattached files mean that the media file was uploaded directly to the media library, and not from within a post or page. If a media file was then added to a post or page after uploading to the media library, it is still considered Unattached.

How do I find unused images on my website?

Find Your Website's Unused Images

Locate, backup and remove unused images with OrFind's industry leading analysis technology. Analyze your website's structure the fast and easy way. OrFind assists you in locating images that are on your server but no longer used by your website.

How do I free up space on WordPress?

How to free up disk space on your WordPress hosting account

1. Remove old backups. ...
2. Use external hosting services for large files. ...
3. Compress your images. ...
4. Remove any unused image sizes. ...
5. Delete draft blog posts or pages. ...
6. Delete spammy or unwanted comments. ...
7. Remove old themes. ...
8. Remove inactive plugins.