Best force plugins for WordPress
The most popular force plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Force Regenerate Thumbnails leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of WPForce Logout (8K+) and Force First and Last Name as Display Name (2K+). All 28 plugins tagged “force” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 force plugins
- 1.
Force Regenerate ThumbnailsThe most installed force plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 186 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
WPForce Logout8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 66 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Force First and Last Name as Display Name2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 18 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.
Simple HTTPS Redirect800+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
WP SSL Redirect600+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
Force Delete Posts200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
Media Meta & Force Regenerate200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 9.
Enforce Strong Password100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 10.
Require Post Tags30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 28 plugins tagged “force”
Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:1#230by Shane Bishop8 months ago
Delete and REALLY force thumbnail regeneration.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.7(186)
- Downloads
- 683/day
WPForce Logout
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,404by Sanjeev Aryal9 days ago
Forcefully log out users from your WordPress site, manage online status, and track last login activity.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(66)
- Downloads
- 279/day
Force First and Last Name as Display Name
Down in the last 7 days:24#4,836by Andrew Lima3 months ago
Force the user field "display_name" to be set as the user's first and last name.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(18)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Simple HTTPS Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:12#7,477by LightPlugins2 years ago
The plugin forcibly redirects your website to https protocol, keep your website safe and fix the mixed content problems.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP SSL Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:13#8,245by Rehmat Alam1 year ago
A very tiny plugin to force SSL on WordPress websites (via 301 redirects for SEO purpose).
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Force Delete Posts
Down in the last 7 days:29#11,370by Liam Stewart1 month ago
Deleting Posts has never been so fast! This lightweight plugin adds the ability for administrators to instantly delete posts by adding a Force Delete …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes
#12,580by WP Zone2 years ago
The Force Update Check For Plugins And Themes will run each time this page is loaded. Update statuses may still be cached by third-party updaters.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media Meta & Force Regenerate
Up in the last 7 days:24#12,668by Jordy Meow6 years ago
Displays the metadata information in the Media Library. Regenerates the metadata and thumbnails even if they exist.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Enforce Strong Password
Down in the last 7 days:155#16,139by Jan Štětina13 years ago
Forces all users to have a strong password when they're changing it on their profile page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Require Post Tags
#24,153by Josh Hartman9 years ago
Require users to add at least one post tag before saving a draft, updating a post, or publishing a post. This applies to normal posts and may not be …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Force
#25,550by Rohit Motwani10 years ago
This Plugin is Just Similar to the WordPress' Famous Hello Dolly Plugin. Except when activated you will randomly see a quote from The Star Wars S …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force Coupon for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:27#26,548by Kowsar Hossain1 year ago
A lightweight WooCommerce based plugin to force the customer to enter a coupon code during checkout
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force User Field Registration
#27,156by fergbrain18 years ago
Forces new users to register additional fields (such as first name and last name). Note: WordPress 2.5 or higher is definite required due to new erro …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Protect Ai Login
#35,441by anouny10 years ago
Change default login site to a custom URL, block spam, bot registration, and brute-force using Google reCAPTCHA.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ForcePrivate
Up in the last 7 days:4,195#40,675by ellbristow13 years ago
Force all posts by users without Editor or higher role to be private
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Requirements
Down in the last 7 days:129#43,984by carestad10 years ago
This plugin allows you to require posts to have thumbnail set and/or tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force Frame
Up in the last 7 days:2,021#44,792by lencinhaus14 years ago
Force a WordPress site inside an iframe.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bp Force Profile
Down in the last 7 days:11,360#44,891by rc18313 years ago
A plugin to force buddypress users to complete the required fields of their profiles
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force Transient Refresh
Up in the last 7 days:2,183#45,451by Zach Wills11 years ago
Clear all transients by adding a query string parameter (?ftr) to whatever URL you are trying to load. Not for use in production.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LH Fresh Content
Down in the last 7 days:2,264#46,511by shawfactor4 years ago
LH Fresh Content checks if the page visitted is stale (or has been updated) and updates it in the background or alerts the visitor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Requird
Down in the last 7 days:3,308#46,885by gilbarbara12 years ago
Require users to fill selected fields before posting.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTTPS force
Down in the last 7 days:5,386#48,316by sitzz7 years ago
A fix for mixed content on secure sites, as all links and references are converted to HTTPS. Also redirects all non-secure calls to the secure equival …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Maybe Perma Delete
Up in the last 7 days:3,761#64,039by featurenotabug.5 months ago
Hold the Esc key to get the option to permanently delete posts, pages, and other content, instead of moving them to the trash first.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP HTTPS Redirect
#72,620by ozvacate9 years ago
This plugin helps you redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS without the need of touching any code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day