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Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
200,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
192
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
4.7
out of 5, from 184 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
80.0%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is Force Regenerate Thumbnails and who is behind it?
Force Regenerate Thumbnails is a WordPress plugin in the “Media” field, made by Shane Bishop. It has been listed in the directory since 15 Aug 2012, so for 14 years. Shane Bishop has 3 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 200,000 to 299,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 192 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Delete and REALLY force thumbnail regeneration.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Force Regenerate Thumbnails last released?
The last release of Force Regenerate Thumbnails came 192 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does Force Regenerate Thumbnails have?
Force Regenerate Thumbnails had 200,000 to 299,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 139 plugins had a higher band and 79 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 200,000 means at least 200,000 and at most 299,999.
Which WordPress version is Force Regenerate Thumbnails tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 6.9, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does Force Regenerate Thumbnails compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 90.7% of them had a more recent last release than Force Regenerate Thumbnails; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Force Regenerate Thumbnails | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 192 | median 12 |
| Rating | 4.7 (184) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 80.0% | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | force-regenerate-thumbnails |
|---|---|
| Author | Shane Bishop |
| Active installs | 200,000 to 299,999 |
| Last release | 192 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 6.9 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 4.7 out of 5 from 184 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 4 of 5 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 15 Aug 2012 |
| Total downloads | 4,995,017, updates included |
| Tags | force, regenerate-thumbnails, thumbnail, thumbnails |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| force | 1 | 1 | 192 |
| regenerate-thumbnails | 2 | 1 | 100 |
| thumbnail | 6 | 2 | 155 |
| thumbnails | 7 | 2 | 10 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2012
Force Regenerate Thumbnails has been listed since 15 Aug 2012. Of the 139 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2012, 78.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Featured Image | 40,000 to 49,999 | 7 days before the reference date | 3.8 (118) |
| Perfect Images | 60,000 to 69,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.8 (279) |
| Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails | 100,000 to 199,999 | 10 days before the reference date | 4.8 (212) |
| Regenerate Thumbnails | 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 | 373 days before the reference date | 4.6 (395) |
| reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced | 60,000 to 69,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 3.2 (59) |
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hafenstudios (2026): Force Regenerate Thumbnails, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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