WordPress plugin comparison

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails vs Regenerate Thumbnails

At a glance

Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 1M+, against 100K+ for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.
On a typical day, Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 2,600 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 4.6 from 396 reviews.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Aug 20, 2025 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Recent Posts Widget With 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 2014 for Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails.

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

Metric	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails	Regenerate Thumbnails
Popular rank	#353	#64
Active installs	100K+	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	18.7K	67.3K
Rating	4.8(215)	4.6(396)
Support threads resolved	100%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×1.50	×0.83
Last release	1 month ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.2.4

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