WordPress plugin comparison

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget vs Regenerate Thumbnails

Beautiful Recent Posts Widget

by Gaurav Tiwari

10+ installs5.0

Regenerate Thumbnails

by Alex Mills

1M+ installs4.6

At a glance

Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 1M+, against 10+ for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.
On a typical day, Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 2,600 times, Beautiful Recent Posts Widget about 3.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.6 from 396 reviews.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget was updated more recently: Sep 27, 2026, against Aug 20, 2025 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Beautiful Recent Posts Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Regenerate Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2008, against 2014 for Beautiful Recent Posts Widget.

Regenerate Thumbnails leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Beautiful Recent Posts Widget	Regenerate Thumbnails
Popular rank	#35,680	#64
Active installs	10+	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	66	67.3K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.6(396)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.83
Last release	1 month ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.2.4

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