Best thumbnails plugins for WordPress
The most popular thumbnails plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Regenerate Thumbnails leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Force Regenerate Thumbnails (200K+) and Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails (100K+). All 139 plugins tagged “thumbnails” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 thumbnails plugins
- 1.
Regenerate ThumbnailsThe most installed thumbnails plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 396 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Force Regenerate Thumbnails200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 186 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 215 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 4.
Perfect Images60K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 279 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 5.
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)40K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 119 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 6.Multiple Post Thumbnails
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 42 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 7.Related Posts by Taxonomy
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 77 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Easy Add Thumbnail
7K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 52 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 9.iOS images fixer
6K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 30 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 10.
Disable Generate Thumbnails6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 139 plugins tagged “thumbnails”

Regenerate Thumbnails
#64by Alex Mills1 year ago
Regenerate the thumbnails for one or more of your image uploads. Useful when changing their sizes or your theme.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.6(396)
- Downloads
- 2.7K/day

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
- 709/day

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
#353by Kybernetik Services29 days ago
List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(215)
- Downloads
- 623/day

Perfect Images
#661by Jordy Meow5 days ago
Optimize image sizes, regenerate thumbnails, enable retina, convert to WebP/AVIF, or use cloud optimization. An essential image toolkit.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.8(279)
- Downloads
- 840/day

Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)
#799by Themeisle3 days ago
Automatically generate, assign, and manage featured images in bulk so every post on your site has a featured image.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 3.8(119)
- Downloads
- 706/day
Multiple Post Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:15#1,409by Chris Scott8 years ago
Adds multiple post thumbnails to a post type. If you've ever wanted more than one Featured Image on a post, this plugin is for you.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(42)
- Downloads
- 49/day
Related Posts by Taxonomy
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,706by keesiemeijer2 months ago
Display a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(77)
- Downloads
- 77/day
Easy Add Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,667by Samuel Aguilera3 years ago
Automatically sets the featured image to the first image uploaded into the post (any post type with thumbnail support). So easy like that...
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.5(52)
- Downloads
- 22/day
iOS images fixer
#2,773by Bishoy.A2 years ago
Automatically fix iOS-taken images' orientation using ImageMagic/PHP GD upon upload.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.6(30)
- Downloads
- 30/day

Disable Generate Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:22#2,782by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Select the thumbnails and functions to disable it.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 33/day

OTF Regenerate Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:13#3,419by Benjamin Intal9 years ago
Automatically regenerates your thumbnails on the fly when thumbnail sizes change.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Thumbnail Upscale
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,744by Stanislav Khromov9 years ago
Enables upscaling of thumbnails for small media attachments
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(22)
- Downloads
- 16/day

My Eyes Are Up Here
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,326by interconnectit4 years ago
My Eyes Are Up Here helps you control how WordPress generates thumbnails.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(32)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Better image sizes
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,525by kubiq1 month ago
Dynamically generate only needed image sizes for only needed images, with manually selected focal point for crops
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 115/day
Video Thumbnails Reloaded
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,697by yehudah5 years ago
Video Thumbnails simplifies the process of automatically displaying video thumbnails in your WordPress template.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

PE Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:10#5,001by DJ-Extensions.com5 years ago
The simple plugin that allows you to display image slides with title, description and read more linked to posts from selected category.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

GazChap's WooCommerce Auto Category Product Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:30#5,222by gazchap5 months ago
Pick WooCommerce category thumbnails automatically from products contained within those categories.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Fix Media Library
Down in the last 7 days:20#5,345by wowpress.host8 years ago
Fix Media Library inconsistency between database and wp-content/uploads folder contents. Unused image files, broken media library entries, missing att …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(32)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Like Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:1#5,614by Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)7 years ago
Plugin for specifying context specific images to be used as thumbnail for links liked/shared on Facebook.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Real Thumbnail Generator
Down in the last 7 days:39#6,208by devowl.io GmbH1 month ago
Real Thumbnail Generator is a WordPress plugin for regenerating thumbnails. It is beginner-friendly, SEO-optimised and GDPR-compliant.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(15)
- Downloads
- 38/day

Disable Thumbnails, Threshold and Image Options
Up in the last 7 days:13#6,495by kgmservizi1 day ago
Take control of WordPress image handling. Disable unused thumbnail sizes, set a custom threshold, change JPEG quality and stop EXIF auto-rotation — al …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bulk Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,607by CreedAlly10 months ago
Allows you to set featured image on the post, page and product if woocommerce active.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PE Easy Slider
Down in the last 7 days:40#7,685by DJ-Extensions.com5 years ago
The simple plugin that allows you to display image slides with title linked to posts from selected category.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Square Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:25#7,712by ilmdesigns1 year ago
Creates square thumbnails from images without cropping. Works like CSS background-size: contain.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.2(19)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Fluid Player
Down in the last 7 days:5#9,309by fluidplayer3 years ago
The plugin makes it easy to embed the VAST ready Fluid Player video player.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Regen. Thumbs
Down in the last 7 days:15#10,110by Alexandre Froger8 years ago
Regen. Thumbs - regenerate WordPress post thumbnails per post in one click!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Image Quality
Down in the last 7 days:29#10,148by Gagan Deep Singh9 months ago
Lets you adjust the quality of image thumbnails that WordPress generates.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Processing Queue
Down in the last 7 days:27#10,473by WP Engine1 month ago
On-the-fly image processing done right.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
bbPress Topic Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:50#11,488by Shane Gowland13 years ago
Provides bbPress with support for topic thumbnails.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Crop Stop
Down in the last 7 days:41#11,856by EviLex7 years ago
Just stop cropping images.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Thumbnail Manager
Down in the last 7 days:758#12,291by YoOhw Studio11 days ago
Regenerate WordPress thumbnails, control image sizes, and safely clean generated files with resumable, review-first jobs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 26/day
Get Post List With Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:12#13,216by alvaron13 years ago
Description:Displays a list with posts and custom size thumbnails(for the first attached or featured image), linked to each post permalink.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Youtube Playlist Thumbs
Down in the last 7 days:41#13,413by jsphstls11 years ago
Use the [ypt playlist_id=] shortcode to show a Youtube playlist with side thumbnails. Playlist videos can be triggered by links in page content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Theme Blvd Featured Image Link Override
Down in the last 7 days:4#13,564by Jason10 years ago
When using a theme with Theme Blvd framework version 2.1+, this plugin allows you to set featured image link options globally throughout your site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Recent Post Widget Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:37#13,810by fervillz10 years ago
Gives adaptable and highly organized recent posts. Show it through widget with thumbnails, post excerpt, post date.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Featured Images
Down in the last 7 days:5#13,978by Kostas Vrouvas7 years ago
A small plugin to add featured images in the "All Posts" page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Delete Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:141#14,540by David Sword9 years ago
Find and delete thumbnails & resized images from your Media Library
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Media Metadata List
Up in the last 7 days:135#15,201by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Displays a list of metadata in the Media Library list view.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Resize Post Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:44#15,519by Alexandru Vornicescu9 years ago
This plugin will resize post thumbnails on the fly.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Thumbnail Manager
Down in the last 7 days:443#16,643by Mehdi Rezaei4 months ago
Safely analyze, preview, trash, restore, schedule, regenerate, and manage WordPress thumbnails from a clean tabbed admin screen.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
Amazing Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:115#16,953by faugro12 years ago
Display Posts on widget with amazing way, It's really suitable with your blog or portfolio.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Hotspot
Up in the last 7 days:215#17,364by Jonathan Bardo10 years ago
Image hotspot helps you control how WordPress generates the various image size in your site.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Presswell Art Direction
Down in the last 7 days:10#17,541by Presswell4 days ago
Manage focal-point cropping and on-demand custom image generation in WordPress.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
AutoThumb
Down in the last 7 days:15#18,037by maff14 years ago
The plugin is actually just a port of a plugin/snippet I wrote for MODx a while ago (see here). It scans your content's source code for <img&g …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wp-Thumbie
Down in the last 7 days:96#18,276by blogsdna14 years ago
Show user defined number of related / similar posts with thumbnail image
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 1.0(3)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Imadero
Up in the last 7 days:544#18,625by Benjamin Bode6 months ago
Remove auto-generated image thumbnails to free up disk space and keep your media library clean.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

ShrinkTheWeb (STW) Website Previews Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:79#19,227by puravida19769 years ago
This plugin accesses the ShrinkTheWeb API to automatically replace special tags in posts with website screenshots, where desired.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Brozzme Plugins Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:140#19,495by Benoti5 years ago
Add thumbnail column to plugins list table in the admin plugins page even they are not in the repository.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Fr Thumbnails Folder
Down in the last 7 days:136#19,622by fahrirusliyadi2 years ago
Move thumbnails file location to {$upload_path}/thumbnails or {$upload_path}/sites/{$blog_id}/thumbnails for multisite.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable PDF Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:80#19,673by Makeworthy Media5 years ago
Disables WordPress from generating image thumbnails when you upload a PDF.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day