Description
Find large files and large folders in no time. This plugin scans your whole WordPress installation, counts all files and folders, sums up the sizes and outputs useful statistics to find unwanted large objects in your system.
Screenshots
Largest Files and Largest Folders 
Largest Folders, Folders with most files, Largest Plugins, Largest Themes
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
- Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.
FAQ
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How do I use this plugin?
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You have two options:
* Open the Tools section in the Admin Area and select “Disk Usage Insights”.
* Click the pie chart in the admin bar. -
How to uninstall the plugin?
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Simply deactivate and delete the plugin. All previous snapshot databases will be deleted, too.
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Does this plugin delete files?
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No, this plugin only shows big files and directories. You need to delete them manually.
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Where are the snapshot database files stored?
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All data is stored within the plugin directory of this plugin. If you update or delete this plugin, previous snapshots will be deleted.
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Is a different wp-content directory location possible?
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No, but it is planned for the future.
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Is a different plugin directory location possible?
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No, but it is planned for the future.
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Is a different uploads directory location possible?
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No, but it is planned for the future.
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Is Multisite supported?
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Yes, but only for users with the “manage_sites” privilege, which Super Admins have by default.
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Which PHP version is supported?
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You need a PHP version >= 7.4.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Disk Usage Insights” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Disk Usage Insights” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Disk Usage Insights” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.9 (2025-11-18)
- File Browser: Donut Chart + Navigate through folders
1.8 (2025-11-11)
- Better Bar Chart
- Percentage Display for Plugins and Themes
- Changed the Review and Help links
- Vertical Bar Charts for Plugins and Themes
1.7 (2025-11-06)
- Added Bar Charts
- Error Output to Website so it can be reported to the WordPress Forum
1.6 (2025-04-08)
- Pagination for result tables
- New visuals of the data analysis phases
1.5 (2025-03-16)
- Plugin is now 2-5x faster in scanning and analysis
1.4 (2024-12-20)
- Plugin now runs with PHP >=7.4
1.3 (2024-12-19)
- Reimplemented “Largest Plugin Folder” and “Largest Theme Folders” from v1.1
- Bugfix: Report “Largest Folders (incl. sub folders)” was sorted by count instead of size
- Bugfix: Fix issues with the playground demo version
1.2 (2024-12-19)
- Support for really big and slow installations (complete code rewrite, usage of sqlite as a database and job queues on top of it)
1.1 (2024-12-19)
- Support for Multisite installations (user must have privilege “manage_sites” which Super Admins have by default)
- Disk Usage in percent is now visualized with a bar in the background of the first column
1.0 (2024-08-20)
- Plugin released.