Media Library entries Multiplied and deleted files have been “restored”

  • Hi

    After updating my WP Theme and doing a couple of updates for plugins I first noticed that previously deleted pages had been restored, which was not such a big deal, since I just deleted them again. Then I also noticed that in the Media Library not only old entries had been restore but at the same time all the entries have been quadrupled. Image details are the same for each “copy”.
    New images that I upload are not multiplied.
    Because I did several things before I noticed that it happened, I cannot reconstruct which step exactly cause the multiplication. My question is rather whether there is a way of rolling this back to just one entry per image.

    Thank you!

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  • Panos

    (@panoshostinger)

    Hey there! ??

    WordPress often creates copies of each picture you may upload to your website. Also, themes and plugins can request additional image sizes and that could lead to duplicating media.

    Before proceeding with anything, please make sure to take a full backup of your website, just in case. Backing up your database and your “uploads” directory is a must.

    Once you’re 100% certain that you’ve a backup of your website, you can try installing the plugin Media Cleaner on your website. It won’t roll back things, it will scan your media and try finding images that are not being used anywhere, so you can delete them at once.

    I just did a test on the latest version of WordPress on a dummy site and this worked perfectly. Things might be a little bit more complicated though, on a live site with several posts, pages and uploads, so as I said, please make sure to have a backup before proceeding.

    I hope this helps!

    Thread Starter boonz

    (@boonz)

    Hi Panos,

    thanks for your reply. However that does not cover my problem. It’s not multiple copies of pictures, it’s multiple entries in the Media Library for the same picture where there should be only one entry.

    Cheers
    Jan

    Panos

    (@panoshostinger)

    Hi Jan!

    I’d suggest giving that plugin a try. It should help with multiple entries too.
    It will show you what it has detected before it deletes anything, so giving it a try shouldn’t be a problem, to see if that covers your request.

    Thread Starter boonz

    (@boonz)

    Ok, thanks again Panos. I will give it a try and give feedback here.

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