HK Media Optimizer is a powerful and lightweight WordPress plugin that scans your Media Library and shows you exactly which files are no longer used anywhere on your site — so you can safely delete them and reclaim disk space. Say goodbye to bloated media libraries full of forgotten uploads, and keep your WordPress hosting environment lean without ever risking files that are actually in use.
Whether you’re running a content-heavy blog with years of uploads or a large site with thousands of media files, unused images and documents quietly eat up storage and slow down backups. With this plugin, you can find, review, and clean up unused media safely — all without touching a single file that’s actually in use.
Why Use HK Media Optimizer?
- Reclaim Storage Space — Identify and remove media files that aren’t linked anywhere on your site, freeing up valuable disk space.
- Scan With Confidence — Checks post content, featured images, attachment relationships, custom fields, ACF values, widgets, Customizer settings, and even your site icon before flagging anything as unused.
- Find True Duplicates — Compares files by actual content (not just filename), groups duplicates together, and always keeps at least one copy from every group.
- Stay in Control — Toggle scan sources on or off, whitelist files or folders, exclude file types, adjust batch size, and require a typed “DELETE” confirmation before anything is permanently removed.
Our plugin is built with performance and safety in mind. Every scan runs in small, configurable batches over AJAX — never overloading your server — and results are stored in their own dedicated database tables, keeping your core WordPress tables fast. Nothing is ever deleted automatically, even with scheduled scans turned on, and no data is ever sent to an external server.
It’s time to take control of your media library. Install HK Media Optimizer today and experience a faster, more efficient WordPress workflow.