Delete multiple image versions

Resolved NightZambri
(@nightzambri)

7 years, 4 months ago

Hello,

I recently discovered I am close to the maximum amount of files limit in my server (240k/260k) and sounded strange as I don’t upload so many files.

After some research I found the problem is the image files, which creates from 8 to 12 iterations of the same file after upload, for a lot of different functions (thumbnails, relateds, featureds…)

So if I upload TEST.jpg, I get: TEST-150×150.jpg, TEST-300×100.jpg, TEST 1024×500.jpg…etc

I found a plugin that allows me to manually disable all the automatic image creations, what I need now is to erase all the images automatically created in the past and that are not in use. I installed the free version of your plugin but that did not help me finding them. Will the pro version do this task?

Thanks.

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Plugin Author Jordy Meow
(@tigroumeow)

7 years, 4 months ago

Hi,

Indeed, WordPress can create a lot of thumbnails. With the free version of Media Cleaner, if you delete a media through it, all the registered thumbnails for that media will be also removed.

However, if some thumbnails aren’t registered anymore (if you change your themes or settings related to image sizes or some process that generates files on the fly) you will need the Pro version and to run a very different scan: filesystem. In your case, this is why I recommend you to do: https://meowapps.com/media-cleaner-tutorial/#Delete_All_Thumbnails.

Do not forget to prepare a backup before doing this 🙂

Thread Starter NightZambri
(@nightzambri)

7 years, 4 months ago

Ok, I understand what you say, but let me clear something out.

In my case is not only thumbnails that I want to delete, I want to delete all the image iterations that are not in use. Like…if I upload an image and it auto-generates 12 versions and I only use 2, can your plugin delete the other 10 versions that are not in use?

Of course I will disable all the automatically generated versions that I don’t need but I need to delete the ones from before.

Thanks.

Plugin Author Jordy Meow
(@tigroumeow)

7 years, 4 months ago

If you follow the procedure in the link I shared above, all the files created for a certain base image will be deleted (but not the main image).

What do you mean by iterations? I think you mean all the image sizes, but they are all thumbnails (of course, sometimes bug or huge thumbnails, but that word is just a shortcut for image size).

Thread Starter NightZambri
(@nightzambri)

7 years, 4 months ago

Ok understood, but you say: “all the files created for a certain base image will be delated”

Will they be deleted even if they are being used at some point of the theme or a page or something like that? Or just the unused thumbnails will be removed?

Thanks for the fast responses 😀

Plugin Author Jordy Meow
(@tigroumeow)

7 years, 4 months ago

In my recommended process, they will indeed be ALL deleted 🙂 And that is usually better to do so, to start fresh.

Actually, it’s difficult to detect the usage of thumbnails independently. Virtually, any thumbnails could be used. That is why I recommend deleting them all, then to disable some image sizes (as many as possible) and to use Regenerate Thumbnails to re-create the thumbnails that you need while updating the Media with those thumbnails. Then the WordPress install will pick into the available thumbnails.

Thread Starter NightZambri
(@nightzambri)

7 years, 4 months ago

Oooook ok, now I understood it all.

Thank you so much for your answers and time. Hope it all works well, I’ll let you know.

Thanks!

Plugin Author Jordy Meow
(@tigroumeow)

7 years, 4 months ago

Of course, let me know how it goes 🙂 And don’t forget the backup! Have a nice week-end.

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