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  • March 23, 2023 at 9:32 am #1402119
    laptophobo

    I’m trying to purge the unattached images within my client’s website. I know from experience that the WordPress “Uploaded to” column (where it will state “attach” or “detach” is not reliable. Is there a recommended plugin or method for me to clean up my image library?

    Thanks much!

    March 24, 2023 at 3:41 am #1402224
    Ismael

    Hey laptophobo,

    Thank you for the inquiry.

    You can try the following plugin but make sure to do it on a cloned/dev site or make sure to create a backup of the site first.

    // https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-delete-unattached-media/

    Best regards,
    Ismael

    March 24, 2023 at 6:18 am #1402240
    laptophobo

    thanks. i’ll look into that.
    But has your team used the Media Cleaner plugin? I’m wondering if there’s a reason not to use it. (It’s been recently updated, where the tool you recommended hasn’t been in a year.)

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by laptophobo.
    March 25, 2023 at 3:43 pm #1402467
    Mike

    Hi,
    I don’t have any experience with the Meow Media Cleaner plugin and I didn’t find any feedback in the forums about it, but the Tutorial for Media Cleaner says in red at the top of the page:

    Absolutely backup your site (the database and the /uploads directory) before doing this. I recommend you to use your hosting service backup system if they have any, a staging website if it’s available (WPEngine has one) or the very well-made BlogVault service.

    So I guess you can try it and if it doesn’t work roll your site back.

    Best regards,
    Mike

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