reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced vs Force Regenerate Thumbnails

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

reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced

by ShortPixel

Health B77

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

by Shane Bishop

Health A89

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	reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced	Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60K–70K	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 77	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	87/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	57/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	86/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.29★	4.63★ ✓
Reviews	59	184 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100 ✓	93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago ✓	6mo ago
Downloads · 30d	4.1K	21.6K ✓
Category	eCommerce	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.