Title: Upload Directory Cleaner
Author: Elias Lackner
Published: <strong>17. September 2019</strong>
Last modified: 18. September 2019

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Upload Directory Cleaner

 By [Elias Lackner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/620eli/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/upload-directory-cleaner.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/upload-directory-cleaner/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/upload-directory-cleaner/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/upload-directory-cleaner/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/upload-directory-cleaner/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/upload-directory-cleaner/)

## Description

Upload Directory Cleaner scans through your WordPress upload directory searching
for all files not being registered in your Media Library. After the scan, choose
which files to delete from the list showing all unregistered files.

Features:

 * Archive Directory
 * Scan Directory (Settings: Exclude top-level directories and files from the scan
   or add custom ignore strings.)
 * Delete Files (Settings: Keep Thumbnails, Delete Empty Directories)

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/upload-directory-cleaner` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Use the Tools->Upload Directory Cleaner screen to start the cleaning

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-7459/)󠁿

 [Felipe Boff](https://profiles.wordpress.org/felipeboff3/) 12. August 2022

good

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## Contributors & Developers

“Upload Directory Cleaner” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Elias Lackner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/620eli/)

[Translate “Upload Directory Cleaner” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/upload-directory-cleaner)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/upload-directory-cleaner/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/upload-directory-cleaner/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/upload-directory-cleaner/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/upload-directory-cleaner/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.2

 * Fixed general settings bug.
 * Fixed bug concerning thumbnails.

#### 0.1

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2**
 *  Last updated **7 Joren ago**
 *  Active installations **60+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.2.24**
 *  PHP version ** 5.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/upload-directory-cleaner/)
 * Tags
 * [clean](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clean/)[cleaner](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cleaner/)
   [directory](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/directory/)[scan](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scan/)
   [upload](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upload/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/upload-directory-cleaner/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/upload-directory-cleaner/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Elias Lackner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/620eli/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/upload-directory-cleaner/)

## Donate

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