Media cleanup that respects your live site
Media Purge is a free WordPress plugin that finds unused and duplicate media, shows where files are used, and lets you trash safely — without artificial limits on core scans.
What Media Purge is
Media Purge gives you visibility into your WordPress media library. It surfaces files that don’t appear to be used anywhere on your site, helps you verify with Used In context, and moves unwanted files to a recoverable trash instead of forcing an instant permanent delete.
It fits small blogs, growing content sites, WooCommerce stores, and agencies that need a careful cleanup workflow — not a high-risk gamble.
Why it exists
WordPress media libraries accumulate replaced product photos, abandoned test uploads, and builder leftovers over time. Hosting costs escalate and backup archives become unwieldy. The scary part isn’t finding files — it’s accidentally deleting the wrong one and breaking a live customer page.
Media Purge exists to make cleanup deep and safe: scan the places modern sites actually store image references, prove usage when possible, and always preserve an easy recovery path.
Meet the Founder
Naqeeb Ul Rehman
Founder & Developer of Media Purge
“I’m Naqeeb Ul Rehman, the founder and developer behind Media Purge. I built it as a practical, honest tool — free depth for the cleanup work that should never be paywalled, with safety preferred over ‘delete everything fast.’
If something’s Coming Soon, it’s labelled that way in the plugin. Core scan → review → trash → restore stays free forever.”
Our Commitments
The principles behind Media Purge
Free Core Forever
No artificial scan caps or file-count limits on core cleanup. Every site owner deserves to inspect and clean their own files freely.
Safety Over Speed
Read-only scanning and recoverable trash before any permanent deletion. We refuse to compromise the stability of your live pages.
Page Builder Scanning
Scans Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, Gutenberg and WooCommerce product galleries in the free version.
Complete Honesty
Future automation and scheduled tools may be part of an optional paid tier, but that will never rewrite or restrict the free core promise.
Compatibility Snapshot
WordPress 5.8+ · PHP 7.4+ · Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, Gutenberg, Classic Editor, WooCommerce
Clean your media library in minutes — free.
Join WordPress site owners who keep their media libraries fast, lean, and organized without risking live layouts.
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