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Fix Media Library

Fix Media Library inconsistency between database and wp-content/uploads folder contents. Unused image files, broken media library entries, missing att …

By wowpress.host·Thumbnail·Free
4.9(32 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 7 years ago
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As of April 2026, Fix Media Library is a WordPress thumbnail plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 32 reviews. It has been downloaded 37K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 100% this week. Top alternative: Regenerate Thumbnails.

4.9/532 reviews
2.0K+active installs
37K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

Fix Media Library fixes inconsistency between wp-content/uploads folder and
database.
Fixes corrupted Media Library database records.
Designed to run smoothly against huge Media Libraries containing hundreds of thousands of images.

Useful when:

  • Really old database is used and there are a lot of problems with Media Library found
  • New thumbnail sizes are registered
  • Some thumbnail sizes are not used anymore (theme change, upgrade), but image files are still exists
  • There are Media Library entries present pointing to image files that don’t exist anymore
  • Some entries in Media Library are not displayed, while image files are present (_wp_attachment_metadata meta field corrupted)
  • There are a lot of images in wp-content/uploads folder that are no longer used
  • There are duplicate attachments p…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.932 reviews
5 ★
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Recent Reviews

Lifesaver!
by davidvdm·2 years ago

After using several plugins to fix my media library this one just did everything in one go! Was having trouble with srcset images not being shown and I figured it had to do with some corruption in the Media Library. It did and this plugin fixed it easily!

Thank you so much for saving me hours and hours of work!

PS: Please consider updating this plugin as it is such a useful tool 🙂

Very cool.
by Riyadh ali·2 years ago

Very cool..
Thank you fullness

Works as expected
by adiltibari·3 years ago

Works as expected

An Oldie But Goodie
by markisparki·3 years ago

You are always taking a risk when using an old plugin (in my case FOUR years old and 3 major WP core updates behind the curve).

Still, the reviews looked good and I had hundreds of broken links from deleted files from an image plugin that didn’t completeduring its table updates before crashing. I hadn’t noticed the crash until a few weeks later when I had hundreds of empty squares in my media library.

After taking backups, I did a non-destructive dry run, which ran successfully and found all the hundreds of broken links. I then used the “Delete attachments pointing to missing image file” option and it cleared everything in one go.

I am so very grateful for this plugin and wonder why it isn’t in the core of WP as deleting files using FTP for example is very easily done. Anyway, thank you for this plugin.

5 star! Very useful plugin
by Hembike·4 years ago

I searched for a very long time to find an easy solution to remove broken WooCommerce Product images if the image missing from the server from wp-content/uploads directory.
This plugin has a “Delete attachments pointing to missing image file” function, it does the job very well.

Download Trends

Today: 7Yesterday: 5This week: 36Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25
PHP5.3+ required

Version Adoption

v2.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Version 2.0

Correctly process attachments stored without subfolders, like year/month.
Don’t fail on folders with corrupted-charset characters in filename.
Handle _wp_attachment_backup_sizes metadata – remove on regeneration, ignore on weak references check

Perform basic database structure check

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

wowpress.hostwowpress.host
Plugin Info
Version
2.0
Last Updated
Dec 18, 2018
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
5.0.25
PHP Requires
5.3+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
37K+
Added
May 25, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

thumbnailthumbnailsattachmentsmedia librarypost thumbnail

Developer

W
wowpress.host
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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