Описание
Thumbnail Manager is a powerful tool to take full control over your WordPress image system.
Instead of letting themes and plugins generate dozens of unnecessary thumbnails, you can now:
- Control which sizes are created
- Remove unused thumbnails safely
- Regenerate only what you actually need
All in one place.
🚀 What it does
1. Regenerate Thumbnails (NEW)
— Regenerate thumbnails based on your current enabled sizes
— Works in batches with progress tracking (no timeout issues)
— Perfect after disabling unwanted sizes
— Ensures your Media Library stays consistent and optimized
2. Prune Unused Thumbnails
— Select sizes you want to KEEP
— Automatically detect and remove all other generated thumbnails
— Supports:
— Registered sizes
— Orphan -WxH files
— .webp, .bak, @2x, -1 variants
3. Orphan File Discovery
— Detect leftover thumbnails no longer registered
— Clean legacy sizes from old themes/plugins
— Optional aggressive cleanup mode
4. Disable Sizes for Future Uploads
— Prevent unnecessary thumbnails from being generated
— Reduce storage usage going forward
— Keeps your system lean and predictable
5. Recommendations
— Get recommendations for commonly safe thumbnail sizes
— Highlights WordPress core and WooCommerce-related sizes
— Helps identify likely unused custom sizes
— Quickly apply suggested sizes before regenerating or pruning
6. Scoped Processing
— Limit operations to specific folders (year/month)
— Safer testing on large Media Libraries
❌ What it does NOT do
- It does NOT delete original full-size images
- It does NOT modify image quality or compression
- It does NOT replace image optimization plugins
- It does not automatically run actions without your confirmation
🎯 Who is it for?
- WooCommerce stores with heavy image usage
- Sites using multiple themes/page builders
- Developers cleaning legacy media bloat
- Anyone hitting disk limits or slow backups
Features
- 4-tab UI: Regenerate, Recommendations, Prune Files, Thumbnail Sizes
- Batch processing with AJAX (no timeouts)
- Dry-run preview before deletion
- Smart orphan detection
- Progress bars + live feedback
- Future upload size control
- Multisite compatible (run per site)
- Recommendation engine for safer cleanup decisions
- WooCommerce-aware protected size detection
- Apply recommended sizes with one click
Usage
Recommended Workflow
- Go to Recommendations
- Scan media usage suggestions
- Apply recommended sizes
- Go to Thumbnail Sizes
- Save changes and run regenerate
- Review and clean old thumbnails in Prune Files
Prune Files
- Select sizes to KEEP
- Run Dry-run first
- Review results
- Switch to Delete and execute
Thumbnail Sizes
- Enable/disable sizes for future uploads
- Does NOT affect existing images until prune/regenerate is used
Technical Notes
- Uses
intermediate_image_sizes_advancedto control generation - Uses AJAX batching to avoid server timeout
- Safe file targeting via pattern matching
- Requires
manage_optionscapability
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or transmit any personal data.
All operations are performed locally on your server.
Скриншоты
Установка
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/or install via WordPress. - Activate the plugin.
- Go to Tools Thumbnail Manager.
Часто задаваемые вопросы
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Will this delete my original images?
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No. Only generated thumbnails are affected.
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Should I back up first?
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Yes. Always back up before deleting files.
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What is “Orphan discovery”?
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It detects thumbnails on disk that are no longer registered in WordPress.
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When should I use Regenerate?
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After changing enabled sizes — to rebuild correct thumbnails.
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Are Recommendations fully automatic?
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No. Recommendations are based on protected/core thumbnail sizes and common usage patterns. Always review suggestions and use Dry-run before deleting thumbnails.
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Does it unregister sizes?
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No. It prevents generation using filters instead.
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Is it safe for large sites?
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Yes. Uses batch processing and folder scoping.
Отзывы
Нет отзывов об этом плагине.
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Журнал изменений
1.2 (May 9, 2026)
- ✨ Added Recommendations tab for safer thumbnail cleanup decisions
- ✨ Added recommendation engine for WordPress core and WooCommerce-related sizes
- ✨ Added one-click “Apply recommended sizes”
- ✨ Added improved workflow: Recommendations Sizes Regenerate Prune
- ✨ Added scoped regenerate processing:
- All media
- Current year
- Specific uploads folders
- Specific attachment IDs
- ✨ Added “Force regenerate all” option
- ✨ Added “Only generate missing thumbnails” optimization
- ✨ Added “Save changes and run regenerate” workflow
- ✨ Added Regenerate as the default tab
- 🔧 Improved regenerate batching and UI progress handling
- 🔧 Improved AJAX architecture and tab interaction handling
- 🔧 Improved overall media optimization workflow for large sites
1.1 (Mar 19, 2026)
- ✨ Added Regenerate Thumbnails feature with batch processing and progress UI
- ✨ Added “Save changes and run regenerate” workflow
- ✨ Set Regenerate tab as default entry
- ✨ Improved UX flow between Sizes Regenerate Prune
- ✨ Added automatic trigger for regenerate after saving sizes
- ✨ Improved admin JS handling for multi-tab interaction
- 🔧 Refactored internal handlers for regeneration logic
- 🔧 Improved performance for large media libraries
1.0.1 (Dec 3, 2025)
- Added full translation support
- Improved UI labels and formatting
- Accessibility improvements
1.0 (Oct 5, 2025)
- Initial release
- Prune Files with dry-run and batch deletion
- Orphan detection
- Disable sizes for future uploads



