Image Guardian – Repair & Optimise
Image issue row in the administrator dashboard showing the thumbnail, reported MIME type, dimensions, filesize and image maintenance actions. Captured from a development site.
Image Guardian provides an administrator-only dashboard for finding and addressing common image maintenance issues.
Features include:
- Scan image URLs in standard post content and scan local WordPress Media Library attachments.
- Replace detected broken image URLs in their associated post or page by selecting an existing Media Library image.
- Restore missing local image attachment files using a working image.
- Review file format, dimensions and filesize for local attachments.
- Detect exact duplicate files using SHA-256 and require confirmation before attempting duplicate deletion.
- Attempt image compression and compare with WebP when supported by the server image editor.
- Enable WebP delivery for supported WordPress-generated image URLs and restore original delivery.
- Review item states and scan progress from one dashboard.
Important: The scanner focuses on standard WordPress content and local media. It does not comprehensively inspect all CSS backgrounds, JavaScript-rendered assets, page-builder storage, or externally hosted image libraries. WebP rewriting may not affect all builder/CDN outputs. Some image processing features require GD or Imagick support.
Always back up your database and uploads before changing image files or deleting attachments. Test on staging before production use.