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Hi team,
My host is just moving my site to a dedicated server but has queried why every image creates 40 versions? The uploads folder is 15GB as a result, which is insane as the images are all websafe/small file sizes.
Could you shed any light on why this would be?
14M ./generatepress
9.5K ./wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced-cache
1.1M ./useanyfont
512B ./et_temp
30M ./2012
1.2G ./2018
688M ./2020
26K ./db-backup
2.6G ./2015
512B ./instant-ide-manager
3.5K ./ShortpixelBackups
268M ./2023
168M ./2024
2.3G ./2016
5.0K ./abd_libs_dynamic_css
1.5K ./woocommerce_uploads
641M ./2014
2.0K ./tcb_content_templates
1.8G ./2019
227M ./2013
268M ./2021
66K ./generateblocks
132K ./wp-staging
604K ./wc-logs
2.0K ./wpseo-redirects
1.0K ./backup
39K ./uag-plugin
115K ./spai
420K ./tve_leads_templates
1.5K ./broken-link-checker
4.2G ./2017
85M ./2022
6.0K ./mailchimp-for-wp
15G .Is there any way of safely locating and removing unused images?
Best
Caro
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Hi Caro,
Is the
generatepressfolder in thewp-contentfolder?If so, it should only have things like a couple of stylesheets and local fonts (if you’ve used that feature). It shouldn’t have any images at all.
What kind of images are you seeing in there?
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Hi Tom
Yes — GP folder is in themes folder in wp-content.
It contains two folders: assets and inc — each containing various folders and files. But there are lots of loose .PHP, .CSS files in the main folder also. Have taken a screengrab for you to see.
https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/50450072?key=17385cae1bd40cbb6496272edaa7f1c1
I think my host was querying the uploads folder. I went into the back end yesterday and there were 182 version of just one image alone!
https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/50450056?key=52169d5805290e7089708d66aa924cc5
We wondered if there was a safe way of removing the copies of the images that weren’t in use.
I replied to this post on the forum — someone else was having a similar issue: https://generate.support/topic/unused-images-recommend-a-tool-or-plugin/
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It contains two folders: assets and inc — each containing various folders and files. But there are lots of loose .PHP, .CSS files in the main folder also. Have taken a screengrab for you to see.
This is correct. However, there should not have any images.
I think my host was querying the uploads folder. I went into the back end yesterday and there were 182 version of just one image alone!
Can you show us the folder path? it’s been cut off in your screenshot.
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