First public release of AssetDrips — find, organise, and optimise large WordPress media libraries, non-destructively.
The four tools
- Sift — unused-media detection with confidence tiers and a reversible quarantine (never a hard delete).
- Find — a fast
assetdrips_mediaindex with faceted search, "used on" lookups, saved views, and a findability Health slice. - Sort — hierarchical virtual folders, tags, and bulk metadata editing over a multi-select grid. Zero file moves.
- Squeeze — JPEG/PNG recompression, additive WebP/AVIF, oversized-original resize, and a thumbnail/sizes audit. Originals are always backed up and restorable; next-gen serving is transparent (
Vary: Accept, wp-admin excluded).
Install
Download assetdrips-1.0.0.zip below, then in WordPress: Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the ZIP, install, and activate. The media index builds in the background on activation (or run wp assetdrips index).
Requirements
WordPress 6.0+, PHP 8.1+. Image optimisation uses ImageMagick or GD; WebP/AVIF require the relevant encoder support (auto-detected, with unavailable features clearly disabled).
Full details in the CHANGELOG.