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Clear Media Engine helps you find and delete unused images from your WordPress Media Library.<\/p>\n\n<p>It scans your WordPress site and detects images that are not used in:\n- Post content\n- Featured images\n- Elementor page builder content\n- Media references via attachment IDs\n- WooCommerce product image galleries<\/p>\n\n<p>This helps reduce server storage usage and improves website performance by removing unnecessary media files.<\/p>\n\n<p>Important: Deleted images cannot be recovered.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Scan unused images in Media Library<\/li>\n<li>Detect usage in posts and pages<\/li>\n<li>Detect featured images<\/li>\n<li>Elementor compatibility support<\/li>\n<li>WooCommerce product gallery support<\/li>\n<li>Bulk selection and deletion<\/li>\n<li>Simple and fast admin interface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' 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