Best unattached plugins for WordPress
The most popular unattached plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Media Size and Filter leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Auto Delete Unattached Media (20+) and TIEmediahelper Media Library Tools (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “unattached” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 unattached plugins
- 1.
Media Size and FilterThe most installed unattached plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Auto Delete Unattached Media20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 3.
TIEmediahelper Media Library Tools10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 3 plugins tagged “unattached”
Media Size and Filter
Up in the last 7 days:99#12,918by Mahesh Katkiya5 months ago
Add the ability to use Media Size in the media library.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Auto Delete Unattached Media
Down in the last 7 days:667#26,056by Wong Siong Kiat4 years ago
Automatically delete unattached/unused media/images/attachments every minute silently in the background.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TIEmediahelper Media Library Tools
Down in the last 7 days:16#30,596by TIEro12 years ago
Find leftover files stored in the WP uploads directory tree which are missing from the Media Library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day