WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Image Add in Admin Column vs Regenerate Thumbnails

Featured Image Add in Admin Column

by Yasar Khalifa

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

Regenerate Thumbnails

by Alex Mills

1M+ installs4.6

At a glance

Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 1M+, against fewer than 10 for Featured Image Add in Admin Column.
On a typical day, Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 2,600 times, Featured Image Add in Admin Column about 2.
Featured Image Add in Admin Column is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 4.6 from 396 reviews.
Featured Image Add in Admin Column was updated more recently: Mar 25, 2026, against Aug 20, 2025 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Featured Image Add in Admin Column is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.8.12 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Regenerate Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2008, against 2021 for Featured Image Add in Admin Column.

Regenerate Thumbnails leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Featured Image Add in Admin Column	Regenerate Thumbnails
Popular rank	#69,252	#64
Active installs	Fewer than 10	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	44	65K
Rating	5.0(4)	4.6(396)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	6.9.11	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.06	×0.83
Last release	7 months ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	7.0	5.2.4

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