Regenerate Thumbnails vs Fix Media Library

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

Regenerate Thumbnails

by Alex Mills

Health B74

Fix Media Library

by wowpress.host

Health D51

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	Fix Media Library
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1M–2M ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	B · 74 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	61/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.59★	4.65★ ✓
Reviews	395 ✓	32
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100 ✓	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.0y ago ✓	7.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	52.6K ✓	166
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

Regenerate Thumbnails Fix Media Library

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.