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Delete product images for WooCommerce

by Eduard Doloc

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Description

Automatically deletes all images associated with a WooCommerce product when the product is permanently deleted from the Trash.

The plugin includes multiple safety mechanisms to ensure that shared images are never removed if they are used by other active products.

Features

  • Deletes:

    • Featured images
    • Gallery images
    • Variation images

  • Runs only on permanent delete:

    • Does NOT trigger when moving products to Trash

  • Smart protection:

    • Skips images used by other active products
    • Ignores products already in Trash

  • Partial deletion support:

    • Deletes only unused images
    • Keeps shared images intact

  • Bulk-safe:

    • Works with bulk delete and “Empty Trash”

  • Logging:

    • Full WooCommerce logger integration
    • Tracks every step for debugging

  • Admin control:

    • Toggle image deletion ON/OFF from the WordPress admin bar

Notes

  • The plugin is designed to be safe by default. If an image is detected as being used elsewhere, it will not be deleted.
  • Best suited for stores with frequent product imports/cleanup where media clutter can become an issue.

Contributions are welcomed on https://github.com/rwkyyy/delete-product-images-for-wc

  1. Download the plugin
  2. Upload it to your site (if you’ve installed it through WordPress Dashboard skip this step)
  3. Activate
  4. Enjoy!
Will this work with any product?

Yes, it supports all WooCommerce product types, including simple, variable, and variations.

Where can I see it working?

Please check the default WooCommerce logs (Woo > Status > Logs)

Can you make it work with more CPTs?

To be honest, I did not found the motivation in putting the work for making the plugin compatible with any CPT, but if I see interest in this plugin I’ll do that in time, or if you want to submit the update/any other updates yourself, just make a pull on Github and I’ll update it here.

Not work

By fabianoloureiro on April 9, 2025

I delete the products and then permanently delete and it doesn't work

Cumple su función

By Algar (algardigital) on September 22, 2023

Cumple con su función muy bien y es de gran ayuda para ahorrar espacio en el servidor.

don't work

By garangol on September 2, 2022

it didn’t work at all

Does what is says!

By Chris K. (agios667) on April 21, 2022

Just be carefull. In order for the images to be deleted you have to delete permanently the product!

Aun funciona bien 2021

By gabrielbra on April 28, 2021

Aun funciona bien 2021

Works great!

By Digital Marketing Stars (digitalmarketingstars) on October 20, 2020

This plugin works great, thanks!

3.0

  • Added support for variation images
  • Implemented shared image protection (prevents deleting images used by other products)
  • Fixed deletion logic to work only on permanent delete (not on move to trash)
  • Rework support for bulk delete on empty trash
  • Added admin bar toggle to enable/disable image deletion
  • Improved logging with detailed step-by-step tracking (WC Logger)
  • Improved database queries to ignore trashed products
  • Fixed multiple edge cases and improved overall reliability
  • Performance improvements (100 simple products in < 10 seconds)

2.0

  • rewrote plugin logic for better handling of both database and filesystem
  • implemented multiple safeguards and error-checking
  • fixed a bug where in some cases the files would not get deleted
  • added logging (wc logs) for easy tracking of the activity

1.0

  • Initial release
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