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Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Delete and REALLY force thumbnail regeneration.
- Installs
- 200,000+
- Rating
- 4.7 (186)
- Updated
- 8 months ago
reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced
Regenerate thumbnails quickly and easily, including forced regeneration; very useful when changing a theme or adding new thumbnail sizes.
- Active installs
- 60,000+
- #623 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 1.3M
- 1,291,925
- Downloads, 30 days
- 6.3K
- 2K in the last 7
- Rating
- 3.2 / 5
- 59 reviews
- Last updated
- 2 months ago
- Aug 20, 2026
- Version
- 2.5.0
- 49 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | August 20, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.6 or newer |
| First published | July 10, 2015 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 1 threads resolved (100%) |
Reviews
3.2 / 5 from 59 reviews
| 5 stars | 30 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 1 |
| 3 stars | 2 |
| 2 stars | 1 |
| 1 star | 25 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
A free, fast, and easy-to-use Regenerate Thumbnails plugin, created and maintained by the team behind ShortPixel Image Optimizer.
The reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced (RTA) plugin is ideal if you are switching to a new WordPress theme with different image sizes. It updates your old thumbnails to fit your new theme and the Pro version helps you clean up unused thumbnails, to ensure all your images have the perfect size.
Simplicity is the key with our plugin, it’s as easy as 3 clicks and you’re good to go 😉
Features:
– You can choose to regenerate thumbnails only for featured images;
– You can easily customize the thumbnail list by adding any number of additional thumbnail sizes to suit your needs;
– You can select the preferred image quality for the regenerated thumbnails;
– Clean, simple and user-friendly interface with a progress bar showing the percentage of regenerated images;
– Statistics at the end of the process showing the total number of thumbnails regenerated;
– “Resume” feature that picks up the regeneration process exactly where you left off if your browser processing tab closes unexpectedly or you have manually paused the process;
– And fully integrated with ShortPixel Image Optimizer for thumbnails compression and enhanced functionality;
PRO Features:
You will find exciting features in the PRO version, with more to come:
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Can I regenerate just a few images
You have the option to select from: all, past day, past week, past month
What happens if I close the page while the regeneration process is running?
The script stops but it will resume after you open the settings page of the plugin once again.
Latest changelog entry
Release date: February 12, 2024
* New: Added a statistic at the end of the process that shows the total number of thumbnails regenerated;
* New: Regenerate Thumbnails Advanced PRO is now available with exciting new features;
* New: Thumbnail sizes are now displayed in the plugin settings;
* Tweak: Added clear wording and explanation for the “Force Regenerate Thumbnails” feature;
* Tweak: Reorganized the plugin settings, updated the wording and links of the plugin.
* Compat: Updated the integration with ShortPixel Image Optimizer;
* Fix: Compatibility with PHP 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3;
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.