curl \
-H 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/82974409/media/$media_ID/delete'
<?php
$options = array (
'http' =>
array (
'ignore_errors' => true,
'method' => 'POST',
'header' =>
array (
0 => 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
),
),
);
$context = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/82974409/media/$media_ID/delete',
false,
$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>
Response
{
"ID": 36900,
"URL": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png",
"guid": "http:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png",
"date": "2023-09-25T06:01:19+00:00",
"post_ID": 0,
"author_ID": 0,
"file": "codeispoetry-rgb-45.png",
"mime_type": "image\/png",
"extension": "png",
"title": "codeispoetry-rgb-45",
"caption": "",
"description": "",
"alt": "",
"icon": "https:\/\/s1.wp.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png",
"size": "6.88 KB",
"thumbnails": {
"thumbnail": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=150",
"medium": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=300",
"large": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500",
"newspack-article-block-landscape-large": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-portrait-large": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-square-large": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-landscape-medium": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-portrait-medium": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-square-medium": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=450&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-square-intermediate": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-landscape-small": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=400&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-portrait-small": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=300&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-square-small": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=400&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-landscape-tiny": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=200&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-portrait-tiny": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=150&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-square-tiny": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=200&h=34&crop=1",
"newspack-article-block-uncropped": "https:\/\/apiexamples.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/09\/codeispoetry-rgb-45.png?w=500"
},
"height": 34,
"width": 500,
"exif": {
"aperture": "0",
"credit": "",
"camera": "",
"caption": "",
"created_timestamp": "0",
"copyright": "",
"focal_length": "0",
"iso": "0",
"shutter_speed": "0",
"title": "",
"orientation": "0",
"keywords": []
},
"meta": {
"links": {
"self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1.1\/sites\/82974409\/media\/36900",
"help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1.1\/sites\/82974409\/media\/36900\/help",
"site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1.1\/sites\/82974409"
}
},
"status": "deleted"
}