Autoremove Attachments
Remove child attachments when parent post, page or custom post type is deleted.
5(15 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Autoremove Attachments is a WordPress page plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 34K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 6% this week. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
5/515 reviews
3.0K+active installs
34K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Autoremove Attachments helps you keep the Media Library clean by deleting all media files attached as child attachments to a post, page, or custom post type when the parent is deleted.
By default, when you delete content from your website, regardless if it’s a post, a page, a product, or any kind of post type, WordPress keeps the media files previously associated with it, even if after the removal of your content they are not used anywhere else.
Autoremove Attachments tries to solve this problem by automating the removal of all media files that have a child-parent relationship with the removed content. (so you don’t have to manually track and remove orphan files left on your server)
Important Considerations
- A soft delete that places your post, page, or custom post type in Tra…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
It autoremoves the attachments!
by MaryMak·1 year ago
Simple, straightforward and does what it claims to do. Really useful and easy as this task should be.
Solved my use case!
by jemcbade·4 years ago
I have clients that create attachments for a CPT, delete the post but leave the Media in the library. “Why is my site getting so big? The backups are HUGE now!” *facepalm*
Thank you for the code for the filter to only effect certain post types so they don’t break the site 😛
Very well thought out use case and code. So far works with WP 5.8.1 and Metabox CPTs.
Simple and easy to use.
by Weiching·4 years ago
I provide the user front-end to publish articles, and I need to delete them frequently, which saves me a lot of time.
Thank you.
Perfect
by doulou·5 years ago·1 reply
I wish I’d discovered this plugin a while back! My client has a website with 2 custom post types and constant posts being added and removed. The plugin works perfectly (I was worried about the galleries). Thanks for a great time-saving plugin!
Worked
by Mohsin Alam·6 years ago·1 reply
This plugin worked when the image is featured image to the post, but can’t delete which is uploaded in the middle of post.
Download Trends
Today: 21Yesterday: 16This week: 136Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.3
95.4%
Other
4.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Version 1.3.1
- Minor improvements to admin notices
Contributors
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