WordPress plugin comparison

Force Regenerate Thumbnails vs Regenerate Thumbnails

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

by Shane Bishop

200K+ installs4.7

Regenerate Thumbnails

by Alex Mills

1M+ installs4.6

At a glance

Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 1M+, against 200K+ for Force Regenerate Thumbnails.
On a typical day, Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 2,600 times, Force Regenerate Thumbnails about 689.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 186 reviews, against 4.6 from 396 reviews.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails was updated more recently: Feb 17, 2026, against Aug 20, 2025 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails 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 2012 for Force Regenerate Thumbnails.

Force Regenerate Thumbnails leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Force Regenerate Thumbnails	Regenerate Thumbnails
Popular rank	#230	#64
Active installs	200K+	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	20.6K	67.3K
Rating	4.7(186)	4.6(396)
Support threads resolved	0%	0%
Tested up to	6.9.11	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.92	×0.83
Last release	8 months ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.2.4

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