--- title: Introducing WP Media Cleanup: Auto Remove Unused Images... description: WP Media Cleanup is a new WordPress plugin that identifies and removes unused image variations automatically created by WordPress. The tool scans your entire... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-wp-media-cleanup-auto-remove-unused-images-in-wp-0a7pxlxot twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing WP Media Cleanup: Auto Remove Unused Images in WP | daily.dev og:description: WP Media Cleanup is a new WordPress plugin that identifies and removes unused image variations automatically created by WordPress. The tool scans your entire... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-wp-media-cleanup-auto-remove-unused-images-in-wp-0a7pxlxot og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0A7pXLxOt.png og:image:alt: Introducing WP Media Cleanup: Auto Remove Unused Images in WP og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing WP Media Cleanup: Auto Remove Unused Images in WP **[WordPress Beginner](https://daily.dev/sources/wpbeginner)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WP Media Cleanup is a new WordPress plugin that identifies and removes unused image variations automatically created by WordPress. The tool scans your entire site to determine which image files are actually in use, then safely deletes unused variations while protecting original files. Deleted files are backed up for 30 days and can be restored if needed. The plugin includes WP-CLI support for automating cleanup across multiple sites and is built by the Duplicator team. It helps reduce disk space usage, speed up backups and migrations, and lower hosting costs by eliminating storage waste from thousands of unused thumbnail and resized image files. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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