{"id":34542,"date":"2026-05-07T06:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/?page_id=34542"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:34:18","slug":"detect-duplicate-images","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/modules\/detect-duplicate-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Detect &amp; Delete Duplicate Images"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2a71bb99017a74625c41b87ba217c3a1\" style=\"font-size:48px\" id=\"codex-heading-1\">How to Detect &amp; Delete Duplicate Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Learn how to convert your WordPress images to AVIF using ThumbPress <br>and unlock peak compression performance for your website instantly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b74ecea97187ed72acac9506c1e2df14\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-2\">Install and Activate ThumbPress &amp; ThumbPress Pro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">First,&nbsp; you need to install ThumbPress on your dashboard. To install and activate ThumbPress<br>Go to <strong>Dashboard &gt; Plugins &gt; Add New Plugin<\/strong> and search for ThumbPress in the search bar on the top right of the screen. Click <strong>Install Now <\/strong>and then <strong>Activate <\/strong>ThumbPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf7770ce80f2a7e4e1663295979d80cc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#008947\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Duplicate Images is a premium ThumbPress feature. Get <a href=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ThumbPress Pro<\/strong><\/a> to unlock this feature. After that, upload and activate Pro plugin on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3640\" height=\"1544\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min.png 3640w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-2048x869.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3640px) 100vw, 3640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4637bef4a14b8b2c50670901c0636b54\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-3\"><strong>Enable Duplicate Images Prevention Settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Navigate to <strong>ThumbPress &gt; Settings<\/strong> to enable \u2018<strong>Prevent Duplicate Upload<\/strong>\u2019 and<br> Click <strong>Save Settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"697\" data-id=\"34841\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-prevention-settings.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34841\" style=\"border-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-prevention-settings.webp 1320w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-prevention-settings-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-prevention-settings-1024x541.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-prevention-settings-768x406.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 3<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9388a7b93295dd5cd80f7a4bdbf583dc\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-4\">Scan Your Media Library for Duplicates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Navigate to <strong>ThumbPress &gt; Duplicate Images<\/strong> and click the <strong>Detect<\/strong> button. ThumbPress will scan your entire media library and display a full list of <br>duplicate images grouped by match, so you can see exactly what&#8217;s repeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92f8e3a5415292614777f0cb765b833b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#008947\"><strong>Note:  Set the Chunk Size to control how many images are processed at a time. A smaller batch size reduces the load on your server.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-scanning-duplicate-images-1024x541.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34839\" style=\"border-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-scanning-duplicate-images-1024x541.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-scanning-duplicate-images-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-scanning-duplicate-images-768x406.webp 768w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-scanning-duplicate-images.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4a75756ae4325217ed5172bf3982539f\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-5\"><strong><strong>Review Duplicate Images<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Once the scan is complete, you\u2019ll see a summary of detected duplicate images.<br>Click on <strong>Show Result<\/strong> to view the full list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-detection-complete.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34842\" style=\"border-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-detection-complete.webp 1320w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-detection-complete-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-detection-complete-1024x541.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/duplicate-image-detection-complete-768x406.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 5<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d55b6a744517c5a12e0fa93c1191a74a\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-6\"><strong>Manage and<\/strong> <strong>Merge the Image with the Duplicate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">From that page You can <strong>Merge<\/strong> them one by one . Click&nbsp;the Merge button to start the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/all-duplicate-images.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34843\" style=\"border-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/all-duplicate-images.webp 1320w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/all-duplicate-images-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/all-duplicate-images-1024x541.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/all-duplicate-images-768x406.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 6<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0cdd80566895af9af3654f5cd4a55998\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-7\"><strong>Replace Duplicates with Original<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Now, proceed to replace duplicate image copies with the original file to keep your media library clean and save storage space. <br>Supported references will automatically update to use the original image without affecting your existing content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/replace-duplicate-with-original.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34845\" style=\"border-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/replace-duplicate-with-original.webp 1320w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/replace-duplicate-with-original-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/replace-duplicate-with-original-1024x541.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/replace-duplicate-with-original-768x406.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Detect &amp; 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