WordPress plugin comparison

Disable Generate Thumbnails vs Force Regenerate Thumbnails

Disable Generate Thumbnails

by Katsushi Kawamori

6K+ installs5.0

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

by Shane Bishop

200K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Force Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 200K+, against 6K+ for Disable Generate Thumbnails.
On a typical day, Force Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 689 times, Disable Generate Thumbnails about 33.
Disable Generate Thumbnails is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 16 reviews, against 4.7 from 186 reviews.
Disable Generate Thumbnails was updated more recently: Aug 16, 2026, against Feb 17, 2026 for Force Regenerate Thumbnails.
Disable Generate Thumbnails is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Force Regenerate Thumbnails.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2012, against 2019 for Disable Generate Thumbnails.

Force Regenerate Thumbnails leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Disable Generate Thumbnails	Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Popular rank	#2,779	#230
Active installs	6K+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	956	20.6K
Rating	5.0(16)	4.7(186)
Support threads resolved	0%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.82	×0.92
Last release	2 months ago	8 months ago
Requires PHP	8.0	7.4

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