WordPress plugin comparison

Category Thumbnail List vs Force Regenerate Thumbnails

Category Thumbnail List

by Johan Jonk Stenström

200+ installs3.5

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

by Shane Bishop

200K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Force Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 200K+, against 200+ for Category Thumbnail List.
On a typical day, Force Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 666 times, Category Thumbnail List about 3.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 186 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails was updated more recently: Feb 17, 2026, against Feb 21, 2024 for Category Thumbnail List.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.4.14 for Category Thumbnail List.
Category Thumbnail List has been around longer: since 2010, against 2012 for Force Regenerate Thumbnails.

Force Regenerate Thumbnails leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Thumbnail List	Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Popular rank	#11,478	#230
Active installs	200+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	64	20.7K
Rating	3.5(2)	4.7(186)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	6.4.14	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.04	×0.92
Last release	2 years ago	8 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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