Dev Tools · 52m ago
WebP Migration Reveals 241MB of Orphaned Files
A developer auditing a WooCommerce site found 12,301 WebP files, 241MB of which were orphaned sidecars from a removed plugin. The audit showed WebP was not the main issue; the server had already OOM-killed MySQL twice. Deleting the dead files freed 241MB without any optimization plugin.
Meridian48 take
The story underscores that technical debt often hides in plain sight, and that plugin uninstalls can leave behind significant digital clutter.
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