handbook/commands/media/prune.md

wp media prune

Removes all generated image files for one or more attachments.

Generated image files for registered sizes can be recreated with wp media regenerate. Thumbnails for image sizes that are no longer registered are kept by default because they cannot be regenerated; use --remove-abandoned to remove them as well.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

[<attachment-id>...]

One or more IDs of the attachments to prune.

[--image_size=<image_size>...]

Name of the image size to remove. Repeat the flag to specify multiple. Only thumbnails of specified image size(s) will be removed, thumbnails of other image sizes will not.

[--remove-abandoned]

Also remove thumbnails for image sizes that are no longer registered.

[--yes]

Answer yes to the confirmation message. Confirmation only shows when no IDs passed as arguments.

EXAMPLES

# Remove all generated thumbnails for all images, without confirmation.
$ wp media prune --yes
Found 3 images to prune.
1/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Sydney Harbor Bridge" (ID 760).
2/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Boardwalk" (ID 757).
3/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Sunburst Over River" (ID 756).
Success: Pruned 3 of 3 images.

# Remove only the "large" thumbnails for all images.
$ wp media prune --image_size=large
Do you really want to prune the "large" image size for all images? [y/n] y
Found 3 images to prune.
1/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Sydney Harbor Bridge" (ID 760).
2/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Boardwalk" (ID 757).
3/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Sunburst Over River" (ID 756).
Success: Pruned 3 of 3 images.

# Remove all thumbnails including those for unregistered sizes.
$ wp media prune --remove-abandoned --yes
Found 3 images to prune.
1/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Sydney Harbor Bridge" (ID 760).
2/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Boardwalk" (ID 757).
3/3 Pruned thumbnails for "Sunburst Over River" (ID 756).
Success: Pruned 3 of 3 images.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

Argument	Description
--path=<path>	Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url>	Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>]	Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant").
--ssh-args=<args>	Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by --ssh scheme).
--http=<http>	Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id|login|email>	Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>]	Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>]	Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages	Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path>	Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--exec=<php-code>	Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
--context=<context>	Load WordPress in a given context.
--[no-]color	Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>]	Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>]	Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet	Suppress informational messages.
--alias=<name>	Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https	Set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.