Media Tracker

75 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only 1,000 active installs, the plugin has a modest user base that suggests niche but real demand rather than mainstream recognition.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect maintenance score, with the plugin updated within the last data cycle and tested against WordPress 7.0, indicates the author is actively keeping pace with core changes.

User Rating

14/15

A 92 out of 100 rating from 8 reviewers is strong, but the small sample size means the score may shift quickly as more users try it.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved is neutral; with so few users, the absence of complaints could simply reflect limited adoption rather than proven reliability.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks for compatibility, with tested support up to WordPress 7.0 and a PHP 7.4 minimum that covers the vast majority of modern hosting setups.

Scores higher than 38% of indexed plugins

About

Media Tracker is a WordPress plugin to find and remove unused media files, manage duplicates, and optimize your media library for better performance.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.6/5

Last Updated 2026-08-24 3:42pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.9+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Media Tracker scans your WordPress Media Library to locate images and other attachments that are no longer referenced anywhere on your site, giving you a list so you can safely delete them and reclaim storage. It also identifies duplicate files so you can consolidate storage and reduce clutter. In short, it is a cleanup and optimization tool aimed at keeping your media folder lean.

Who It's For

This plugin is best suited for site owners who have accumulated years of media uploads and want to reduce database bloat, hosting storage costs, or backup sizes. Photographers, news publishers, real estate agencies, e-commerce stores, and educational platforms with large image libraries will benefit most from regular cleanups.

Who Should Skip It

If you have a small site with under a few hundred media files, or if your images are all actively used in posts, pages, and products, this plugin has little to do and is not worth installing. Users who are uncomfortable reviewing deletion candidates before clicking confirm should also look elsewhere.

The Bottom Line

Media Tracker scores 74.73 out of 100 and does a specific job well: finding unused and duplicate media so you can delete them safely. The strong maintenance and compatibility ratings are tempered by a tiny install base and unproven support history, so larger or mission-critical sites should test on staging first.

Pick WPvivid if your main priority is backups and migrations rather than media cleanup, though you can combine it with a dedicated media tool.

Post Duplicator 86/100

Choose Post Duplicator when you need to clone posts, pages, or custom post types rather than clean up unused media files.

Duplicate Menu 83/100

Duplicate Menu is only relevant if your duplication problem is with navigation menus, not media files.

reSmush.it : The original free image compressor and optimizer plugin 83/100

Pick reSmush.it if you want to compress existing images to save space rather than delete unused ones, making it a good complement to Media Tracker.

Simple Download Monitor 81/100

Simple Download Monitor is a better fit when you need to track and gate file downloads, not when you want to clean up the media library.