as a consequence of upgrading to 8 and the subsequent image thumbnail regeneration of all new image sizes, the number of files in my uploads folder went through the roof and pushed me to the limit of my host allowance.
there are one or two plug ins trying to do that job, but reality is that if you are on the type of hosting where that file number is an issue, you probably won’t have the resources to run them. very buggy anyway looking at reviews.
i found a very useful and relatively straightforward method of deleting all of the old and no longer needed image thumbnails, in my case about 60,000, using ftp – sound advice from a hard core tech at cPanel.
I would be happy to write a ‘how to’ post the benefit of other users in the same boat – but do you allow that sort of thing? a guide written by a user?
What I usually do for my tutorials here is put
[Tutorial] at start of the subject here — if TD think it’s super useful they might add it to the ‘best of forums’ section here in the theme docs; but still searchable if you tag if properly — the [Tutorial] is kinda useful when people doing a search for something like ‘cleanup image directory’ or whatever.
(I don’t work here; but been a troll… er.. active user here for almost 4 years now.)
ha ha, thanks chris. i’ll give it a go – hey, it’s nice to give a little something back 🙂
Hi, did you ever write your How-To? I’m in the same boat, hit the Db ceiling after thumbnail generation. Thanks.
