Remove duplicated translated media entries safely

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April 29, 2026 at 10:09 am
nas-luxuryR	Hello, we use WPML on our WordPress website hidden link with a custom post type for Properties. We noticed that the Media Library count is much higher in secondary languages than in English. Current counts are approximately: English: 62,935 Russian: 131,233 Chinese: 130,941 Arabic: 131,806 We also deleted many trashed translated property posts using WP Bulk Delete, and that worked for the trashed properties, but the Media Library counts did not reduce. This makes us think the media entries are being duplicated by WPML Media Translation and are not being removed when the translated property posts are deleted. We want to safely clean this up without breaking live English listings or deleting the original physical image files.

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April 29, 2026 at 10:09 am

nas-luxuryR

Hello, we use WPML on our WordPress website hidden link
with a custom post type for Properties.

We noticed that the Media Library count is much higher in secondary languages than in English. Current counts are approximately:

English: 62,935
Russian: 131,233
Chinese: 130,941
Arabic: 131,806

We also deleted many trashed translated property posts using WP Bulk Delete, and that worked for the trashed properties, but the Media Library counts did not reduce. This makes us think the media entries are being duplicated by WPML Media Translation and are not being removed when the translated property posts are deleted.

We want to safely clean this up without breaking live English listings or deleting the original physical image files.

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