Bloated Upload Directory

  • WP Dashboard->Tools->Site Health->Info tab->Directories and Sizes reports:
    Uploads directory size 60.49 GB [i.e., _bloated_]

    While perusing the “uploads” directory via FTP, I found ~7.5GB of BackupBuddy back-ups (most of which I’ll purge) and ~75 Media Library files (all are images) with a total file size of ~100M (as expected). Although many “permanently deleted” media files are no longer visible in the WP Media Library, via FTP I can see ~50M of media files that were apparently abandoned in the “uploads” directory on the server. I’ve scoured the “uploads” sub-directories, and I still can not locate ~53GB of files. I’m speculating that the WP-Optimize plugin may have something to do with this, but–at the risk of inadvertently deleting necessary media–I’m reluctant to deactivate the plugin to test. Also, BackupBuddy often stalls on the “Zipping files” phase of a complete back-up, and I’m speculating that this may be the result of attempting to back up 60.49GB of data with each “complete” back-up. There are a few deactivated plugins that I can delete, but all plugins that are in use are up-to-date.

    My objective is to purge whatever is unnecessarily bloating the “uploads” directory, and I appreciate any insight / assistance.

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: I have removed your review. Please do not use the review section for support. If you need support then please raise a support topic

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  • Thread Starter epwwgd

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    “This topic was modified 19 hours, 4 minutes ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: I have removed your review. Please do not use the review section for support. If you need support then please raise a support topic”

    My intent was not to “review” any plugins / etc., so my apologies if I mistakenly posted in the wrong forum: Support ? Fixing WordPress ? Bloated Upload Directory

    I’d appreciate if @jdembowski or someone else can provide a link to the correct forum in which to submit this post. Thank you!

    Thread Starter epwwgd

    (@epwwgd)

    I posted this issue–which is not a review–in the Support->Fixing WordPress forum, but I’d appreciate it if someone could please let me know if I need to move this post to a different forum. Thanks again for any assistance.

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