WordPress plugin comparison
Crop Thumbnails vs Regenerate Thumbnails
At a glance
- Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 1M+, against 40K+ for Crop Thumbnails.
- On a typical day, Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 2,600 times, Crop Thumbnails about 227.
- Both are rated 4.6 out of 5.
- Crop Thumbnails was updated more recently: Nov 8, 2026, against Aug 20, 2025 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
- Crop Thumbnails resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Regenerate Thumbnails.
- Crop Thumbnails 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 2012 for Crop Thumbnails.
Line by line
Crop Thumbnails leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Crop Thumbnails |  Regenerate Thumbnails |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #809 | #64 |
| Active installs | 40K+ | 1M+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 4.2K | 67.3K |
| Rating | 4.6(67) | 4.6(396) |
| Support threads resolved | 100% | 0% |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 6.8.12 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.16 | ×0.83 |
| Last release | 1 day ago | 1 year ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4.0 | 5.2.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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