Gogasys Media Cleaner: Clean Unused Media, Duplicate Files & Database
Changelog
1.1.2
New Feature: Added a 1-Click Database Optimization tool to safely purge orphaned metadata and expired transients.
New Feature: Added a 1-Click “Empty Trash” button to instantly permanently delete all files currently sitting in the plugin’s trash bin.
Security Enhancement: Both the Orphaned Filesystem and Duplicate Media scanners now strictly ignore system files (PHP, CSS, JS, etc.) to completely prevent accidental layout/code breaks.
1.1.1
New Feature: Added Duplicate Media Scanner. Finds identical files to help you free up massive amounts of storage.
New Feature: Added Orphaned Filesystem Scanner. Cleans up physical files that are wasting space on your server without being visible in the Media Library.
Enhancement: Scanner now detects images used in Widgets and Theme Customizer settings.
UI Update: Added “Orphaned Files” and “Duplicates” tabs to the admin dashboard.
1.1.0
New Feature: Added an Internal Trash System! Media files are now moved to a secure trash folder instead of being permanently deleted immediately.
New Feature: Added a “Restore” button to easily recover media from the trash.
UI Update: Added a new “Trash” tab to the admin dashboard for managing deleted files.
1.0.5
Architectural scaling improvement: Replaced transient memory storage with direct DB offset queries to support millions of posts and infinite media libraries without memory exhaustion or timeouts.
Real-time Results: Unused media files now instantly populate the results table batch-by-batch during the scan.
Highly optimized database queries to drastically reduce scanning time.
Fixed progress bar logic to update accurately during scanning.
Reduced batch size for smoother progress indication.
1.0.4
Enhanced scan progress UI to show distinct stages (Initialization done, total files found, batch progress).
1.0.3
Optimized scan initialization time.
Added a warning disclaimer before performing deletions.
Resolved an issue causing false positives where some unused media was not showing up.
1.0.2
Changed menu location to left sidebar.
Fixed scan initialization connection error.
Maintained scan results after page refresh.
1.0.1
Refactored for prefixing compliance and updated tested up to version.
