WordPress plugin comparison

Disable Generate Thumbnails vs Regenerate Thumbnails

Disable Generate Thumbnails

by Katsushi Kawamori

6K+ installs5.0

Regenerate Thumbnails

by Alex Mills

1M+ installs4.6

At a glance

Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 1M+, against 6K+ for Disable Generate Thumbnails.
On a typical day, Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 2,600 times, Disable Generate Thumbnails about 33.
Disable Generate Thumbnails is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 16 reviews, against 4.6 from 396 reviews.
Disable Generate Thumbnails was updated more recently: Aug 16, 2026, against Aug 20, 2025 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Disable Generate 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 2019 for Disable Generate Thumbnails.

Regenerate Thumbnails leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Disable Generate Thumbnails	Regenerate Thumbnails
Popular rank	#2,779	#64
Active installs	6K+	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	956	67.3K
Rating	5.0(16)	4.6(396)
Support threads resolved	0%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.82	×0.83
Last release	2 months ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	8.0	5.2.4

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