RB External Thumbnail vs Regenerate Thumbnails

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

RB External Thumbnail

by Rodrigo Brito

Health D46

Regenerate Thumbnails

by Alex Mills

Health B71

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	RB External Thumbnail	Regenerate Thumbnails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-30%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 71 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	53/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	3	396 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	67/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.6y ago	1.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	76	68.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.1%	4.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

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7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.