The Force vs Force Regenerate Thumbnails

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

The Force

by Rohit Motwani

Health D44

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

by Shane Bishop

Health A88

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	The Force	Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 44	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	86/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	86/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.91★	4.63★ ✓
Reviews	1	185 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.7y ago	7mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	56	20.8K ✓
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.