# Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More!

> Find and delete unused images in your WordPress media library, free up hosting space, and keep your backups small.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `media-hygiene`
- Author: slui
- Version: 6.1.1
- Active installs: 4,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-12 (32 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.3, PHP 8.0
- Tags: delete unused images, media cleanup, media library, unused images, unused media
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-hygiene/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 32 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.0 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Slow ↔ Responsive, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2025-06-19 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 4.0.2). CVE-2025-49979, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d105cae2-2442-4726-bbe8-2edbd1e7a28c?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-07 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 4.0.0). CVE-2025-47469, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0aa925c8-7c65-45a4-95ca-a37290d74e86?source=api-prod
- 2024-07-08 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Attachment Deletion (up to 3.0.1). CVE-2024-5855, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/44b02690-462a-458b-88c9-89acc9c209cb?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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