WordPress, specifically
The Product Twenty blog
Notes on Media Usage, Site Defaults, and the WordPress plugin work behind them.
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Storage after the big change: keeping the Media Usage index current through imports and migrations
When incremental rescans cover you, when they can't, and why a full rebuild should come before any storage decision after an import, search-replace, or media move.
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Security with Site Defaults: deciding what your site exposes in public
A practical pass through XML-RPC, Application Passwords, user enumeration, and metadata cleanup in Site Defaults: what each control closes, what it can break, and how to check it from outside.
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Storage triage with Media Usage: reading statuses before you reclaim space
How to use Media Usage statuses, Needs review, Protected, and the reclaimable-space estimate to clean up a Media Library without false confidence.
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Two plugins, one approach: Media Usage and Site Defaults
Why Product Twenty started with a media index and a configuration baseline, and what 'lightweight' means in practice.
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Spotlight: how Media Usage actually scans your site
A walk through the scanner mechanics behind Media Usage — source-first extraction, builder coverage, resumable scans, and why it refuses to call anything 'unused.'
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Spotlight: how Site Defaults applies presets and catches drift
A walk through the mechanics behind Site Defaults — preset application, the Custom derivative, and how drift monitoring tells real changes from noise.