Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library
Active installs90,000+ rounded
Current authorJordy Meow
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release9 days ago 30 Oct 2026
Support3 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record177
Rating4.6 /5 · 778
Added to directory15 May 2016
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP8.1
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Jordy Meow throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TigrouMeow | 168 | 09 Apr 2017 | 25 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 90,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
6,550 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 26% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 30,118/day31 Oct 2026
14 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.9 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.6. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 01 Jul 2026 and 17 Sep 2026: 14 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Across the 14 reviews in this window, 4 mention using or planning to upgrade to the Pro version, several pointing to filesystem analysis and extra optimization options as the draw. 3 reviewers praise the built-in trash feature, describing how it lets them review or restore files before anything is permanently deleted. 3 reviewers credit the plugin with freeing up storage, inodes, or media space, including a shared-hosting user who cites a drop in inode usage. 2 reviewers mention saving time or finding the plugin easy to use day to day.
- 4 of 14 mention using or upgrading to the Pro version. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 3 of 14 praise the built-in trash feature for letting files be reviewed or restored before deletion. [1] [2] [3]
- 3 of 14 credit the plugin with freeing up server storage, inodes, or media space. [1] [2] [3]
- 2 of 14 mention saving time or finding the plugin easy to use. [1] [2]
Counted from the public review forum on 21 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 780 | 18,242 | 30,118 | 0 | 5,854 | 5,806 | 503 | 26,471 | 4,512 | 3,510 | 2,342 | 7,848 | 661 |
| Ratings total | 776 | 776 | 776 | 776 | 776 | 776 | 777 | 777 | 777 | 778 | 778 | 778 | 778 | 778 |
| Version | 7.3.1 | 7.3.1 | 7.3.3 | 7.3.3 | 7.3.3 | 7.3.3 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.5 | 7.3.5 |
| Support threads | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Threads resolved | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (90,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory10 years ago 15 May 2016
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP8.1
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 30 Oct 2026, 9 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 3 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 29 other plugins, 15 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 30 Oct 20269 days agoVersion 7.3.5 released
- 24 Oct 202615 days agoVersion 7.3.4 released
- 20 Oct 202619 days agoVersion 7.3.3 released
- 10 Oct 202629 days agoVersion 7.3.1 released
- 03 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 7.3.0 released
- 26 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 7.2.9 released
- 14 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 7.2.8 released
- 07 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 7.2.7 released
- 17 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 7.2.6 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 25 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 7.2.5 released
- 18 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 7.2.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 16 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 7.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 15 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 7.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 13 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 7.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 13 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 7.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 30 May 20265 months agoVersion 7.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 17 May 20266 months agoVersion 7.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 09 May 20266 months agoVersion 7.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 25 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 7.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 15 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 7.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 27 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 7.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 09 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 7.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TigrouMeow.
- 09 Apr 20179.5 years ago155 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 09 Apr 2017 and 25 Feb 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 15 May 201610 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 28 Jul 2026 · CVE-2026-4912: Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! SSRFStrix
- 29 Apr 2024 · WordPress WP Media Cleaner plugin <= 6.7.2 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Log File vulnerabilityPatchstack
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Jordy Meow for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 9 days ago (30 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs.
- It carries 778 ratings, averaging 4.6 out of 5.
- 3 of 3 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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