Title: AMW Clear Upload Folder Author: alim511 Published: Settember 26, 2017 Last modified: October 25, 2017 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/amw-clear-upload-folder/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1740897) 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. ![](https://ps.w.org/amw-clear-upload-folder/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1740897) # AMW Clear Upload Folder By [alim511](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alim511/) [Telechargiada](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder.zip) * [Details](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/amw-clear-upload-folder/#description) * [Reviews](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/amw-clear-upload-folder/#reviews) * [Installation](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/amw-clear-upload-folder/#installation) * [Development](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/amw-clear-upload-folder/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/) ## Descripziun ** Before using this plugin, please make sure that you BACKUP ‚upload‘ folder. This is the most important step! Also do not forget Rescan Images every time you change settings Please note that ‚max_execution_time‘ PHP setting should be minimum 90 seconds for the correct script work. AMW Clear Upload Folder will compare images entries from the database with filenames in upload directory. All files that are missing in the database will be removed from the filesystem. ### HOW TO USE 1. Install and activate plugin 2. Go to the ‚Settings‘ tab and choose needed settings. Please note everytime you make changes to the settings, you need to rescan images on the ‚List of files‘ tab 3. Go to ‚List of folders‘ tab under plugin page and choose folders that you DO NOT WANT to clean 4. After this you can navigate to ‚Main‘ tab and click ‚Run cleaner‘ button 5. That’s all plugin will start cleaning files If you think, that you found a bug in our AMW Clear Upload Folder plugin or have any question contact us at alimov.dmitriy.me[at]gmail.com ### DISCLAIMER **NO WARRANTY, USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!** ## Maletgs dal visur * [[ * This is the main screen with results of work * [[ * This is the screenshot of all the folders and ignored(blue) folders * [[ * This is the screenshot of files on the server * [[ * This is the screenshot of the Settings setion ## Installaziun 1. Upload the entire amw-clear-upload-folder folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‚Plugins‘ menu in WordPress 3. You will find ‚AMW Clear Upload Folder‘ under ‚Tools‘ in your WordPress admin panel. ## FAQ Installation Instructions ### UPLOADING IN WORDPRESS DASHBOARD 1. First download the ZIP file from WordPress website 2. Log in to your website administrator panel 3. Go to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard, click “Upload Plugin” 4. Upload AMW Clear Upload Folder ZIP file by choosing it from your computer 5. Click Install Now button 6. Then click Activate Plugin button 7. You can find ‚AMW Clear Upload Folder‘ under ‚Tools‘ in your WordPress admin panel ### USING THE WORDPRESS PLUGINS DASHBOARD 1. Go to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard 2. Search for ‘AMW Clear Upload Folder’ 3. Click Install Now button 4. Then click Activate Plugin button 5. You can find ‚AMW Clear Upload Folder‘ under ‚Tools‘ in your WordPress admin panel ### USING FTP 1. Download the ZIP file from WordPress website 2. Extract the anw_clear_upload_folder directory to your computer 3. Upload the anw_clear_upload_folder directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard 5. You can find ‚AMW Clear Upload Folder‘ under ‚Tools‘ in your WordPress admin panel If you think, that you found a bug in our AMW Clear Upload Folder plugin or have any question contact us at alimov.dmitriy.me@gmail.com How to use this plugin? * Install and activate plugin * Go to the ‚Settings‘ tab and choose needed settings. Please note everytime you make changes to the settings, you need to rescan images on the ‚List of files‘ tab * Go to ‚List of folders‘ tab under plugin page and choose folders that you DO NOT WANT to clean * After this you can navigate to ‚Main‘ tab and click ‚Run cleaner‘ butto * That’s all plugin will start cleaning files What types of files plugin will check? You could check it on the ‚Settings‘ tab. Can I get back removed images? Unfortunately no. All the images would remove from your server. That’s why we recommend you to backup „uploads“ folder before using our plugin. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/219b36941eb5203549c7ed9154d9f9d9d748c92145358ab8d5c41d5b6b9d69c1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[This plugin helped me a lot! Thank you !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-helped-me-a-lot-thank-you/)󠁿 [kit131](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kit131/) Favrer 12, 2023 This plugin helped me a lot! Thank you ! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8c2f8afd46e540071ce5ce28248154857ca7dd70fd27bfa788b6e445cc0b16c8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-12810/)󠁿 [zenred](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zenred/) Favrer 5, 2021 works great cleaned files all by itself ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a06f0e2865901fbfa3fbfb708d1d5044eece8dc0332647d0b44748da7ed558e8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome Plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-4406/)󠁿 [amzimage](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amzimage/) Fanadur 11, 2019 This plugin works exactly as promised, really helpful for my website! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “AMW Clear Upload Folder” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ alim511 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alim511/) [Translate “AMW Clear Upload Folder” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/amw-clear-upload-folder) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/amw-clear-upload-folder/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/amw-clear-upload-folder/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/amw-clear-upload-folder/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/amw-clear-upload-folder/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.5 * Improve stability #### 1.1.4 * Improve stability #### 1.1.3 * Improve stability #### 1.1.2 * Add rate us notiffication #### 1.1.1 * Update file structure #### 1.1 * Improve stability * Now you shouldn’t click Scan Images on first run #### 1.0.7 * Add ability to choose file extensions on Settings tab. #### 1.0.6 * Regex improvement. #### 1.0.5 * Fix issue with cyrillic characters and update regexp. #### 1.0.4 * Fix issue with website url. #### 1.0.3 * Small fixes. #### 1.0.2 * Small fixes. #### 1.0.1 * Add Settings section. * Now you can choose leave or remove wp thumbnails #### 1.0.0 * First run. * Upload plugin to the wordpress plugin market. ## Meta * Version **1.1.5** * Last updated **avant 8 onns** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 4.4.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.8.28** * PHP version ** 5.5 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amw-clear-upload-folder/) * Tags * [images](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)[media](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/) [unused images](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unused-images/)[uploads](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/uploads/) * [Advanced View](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/amw-clear-upload-folder/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amw-clear-upload-folder/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ alim511 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alim511/) ## Support Got something to say? 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