Features – Media Library Health Scoring

Free — every plan

Your library has no baseline. Library Health gives it one.

Most WordPress sites have never had a media library audit. Not because no one cared — because there was no tool to make it practical. Library Health is a single score (0–100) for your entire library, updated every time you scan. Media Score rates each file individually. Together they tell you where your library stands and what to do first.

Two scores, two levels of detail

Library Health

The aggregate score for your entire library. Calculated from the distribution of Media Scores across all your files — optimisation, metadata completeness, format. One number that tells you whether your library is healthy or degraded.

Media Score

A 0–100 score per file. Compression status (is it optimised for web?), metadata completeness (does it have title, alt text, caption?), format (is it in a modern format?). A file with all three is Perfect. Missing any one drops the score.

Recommended actions

Your dashboard surfaces the highest-impact actions based on your current scores. “Compress 234 unoptimised files.” “Add alt text to 189 files.” Prioritised by impact so you do not waste time on low-value work.

It means a significant portion of your files are unoptimised, missing metadata, or in inefficient formats. A site with no attention typically scores 20–40. With basic maintenance, 60–70. With consistent governance, 85+. The score is a relative indicator, not a pass/fail threshold.

Yes. Media Score is per file (0–100 for each image). Library Health is aggregate — the overall score across all files. Media Score guides individual cleanup. Library Health shows whether your library is improving over time.

It depends on which files you delete. Removing unoptimised, untagged files with no metadata typically improves Library Health. Removing well-maintained files may lower it slightly by changing the distribution. The score reflects the quality of what remains.

Free — every plan

Find any file in seconds. Organise on your terms.

WordPress media library is a flat list. Thousands of files, no structure. To find a specific image you scroll, search by filename, hope you remember what you called it. Mediapapa adds tags and advanced search — so your library becomes something you can actually navigate.

Tags and advanced search

Tag-based organisation

Assign tags to your files. One file can have multiple tags. Filter by tag in the media library and in the block editor insert modal. Your team reaches for “Homepage / Hero Images / 2024” instead of scrolling through 2,000 files.

Search beyond filename

Search by tag, filename, alt text, caption or title. Filter by health score, usage status, date, format, file size. Combine filters to find exactly what you need — all images tagged “product” with missing alt text, for example.

Bulk tagging — Pro

Select files by filter. Apply a tag to all at once. Tag your entire archive in a session rather than file by file. Available on paid plans.

Free detection · Pro automation

Cleanup is a project. Governance is a practice.

You audit your library. You clean it. Two months later, the same problems are back. You did not prevent anything — you just temporarily tidied up. WordPress has no built-in governance. No rules, no checks, no warnings. Mediapapa adds the layer that keeps problems from accumulating in the first place.

What keeps your library clean over time

Free

Pre-publish checks

Before a post goes live, Mediapapa checks images in the content. Missing alt text? Unoptimised file? Not yet indexed? A warning appears in the Gutenberg sidebar. Fix it before it publishes. Problems stop at the source.

Free

Duplicate blocker on upload

Uploading a file that already exists in your library? Mediapapa warns you before it lands. Duplicates are prevented at the source — before the problem exists, not after.

Pro

Scheduled scanning and automation

Schedule compression, deduplication and indexing to run automatically. Library Health stays current. You see the real state of your library without running manual audits.

Cleanup is a project. Governance is a practice. Free handles the checks. Pro automates the maintenance. Together, they mean the next audit finds very little to do.