WordPress plugin comparison

Force Regenerate Thumbnails vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

by Shane Bishop

200K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Force Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 200K+, against 100K+ for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.
On a typical day, Force Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 689 times, Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails about 594.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 215 reviews, against 4.7 from 186 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Feb 17, 2026 for Force Regenerate Thumbnails.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Force Regenerate Thumbnails.
Recent Posts Widget With 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 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads on 5 of 8 comparable lines.

Metric	Force Regenerate Thumbnails	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Popular rank	#230	#353
Active installs	200K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	20.6K	18.7K
Rating	4.7(186)	4.8(215)
Support threads resolved	0%	100%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.92	×1.50
Last release	8 months ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.6

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