Remove original Image

Hi together,

I want to remove the original file after uploading. Same issue as here:

Link: Forum Link

While searching for a solution I found a function to filter/hook in into the process:

add_filter( 'wp_generate_attachment_metadata', 'delete_fullsize_image' );

function delete_fullsize_image( $metadata )

{

    $upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

    $full_image_path = trailingslashit( $upload_dir['basedir'] ) . $metadata['file'];

    $deleted = unlink( $full_image_path );



    return $metadata;

	

}

Link: stackoverflow

This doesn´t work for me (code placed in functions.php). I founded calls to the filter many times in the plugin-files.

Can you please give me a fast solution for deleting the original files, which even works for upcoming updates for your plugin?

Kind regards

Franz