WordPress plugin comparison

Regenerate Thumbnails vs Selective Thumbnail Regenerator

Regenerate Thumbnails

by Alex Mills

1M+ installs4.6

Selective Thumbnail Regenerator

by Adi Glibanović

20+ installs

At a glance

Regenerate Thumbnails has more active installs: 1M+, against 20+ for Selective Thumbnail Regenerator.
On a typical day, Regenerate Thumbnails is downloaded about 2,600 times, Selective Thumbnail Regenerator about 3.
Selective Thumbnail Regenerator has no reviews yet.
Selective Thumbnail Regenerator was updated more recently: Aug 3, 2026, against Aug 20, 2025 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Selective Thumbnail Regenerator is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.8.12 for Regenerate Thumbnails.
Regenerate Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2008, against 2025 for Selective Thumbnail Regenerator.

Regenerate Thumbnails leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Regenerate Thumbnails	Selective Thumbnail Regenerator
Popular rank	#64	#26,671
Active installs	1M+	20+
Downloads, last 30 days	65K	87
Rating	4.6(396)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.83	×0.17
Last release	1 year ago	3 months ago
Requires PHP	5.2.4	7.0

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