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Best media cleanup plugins for WordPress

The most popular media cleanup plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Media Hygiene leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of MediaXray (30+) and Tidy Images (30+). All 17 plugins tagged “media cleanup” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 media cleanup plugins

  1. 1.
    Media Hygiene

    The most installed media cleanup plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 41 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    MediaXray

    30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    Tidy Images

    30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 days ago.

  4. 4.
    Shrinkwell Image Optimizer

    20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.

  5. 5.
    MGCora Unused Media Cleaner

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    MA Smart Image Cleaner

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    Media Cleaner

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    Ethwebs Media Cleanup

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.

  9. 9.
    OliveroDev Media Audit

    10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.

  10. 10.
    Delete Old Posts and Pictures

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

All 17 plugins tagged “media cleanup”