Square Thumbnails

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 21 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.

1. ★★★★★ Abdolaziz

   1.8y ago

   It doesn’t work anymore. Even it doesn’t save its settings. It used to work. Maybe it doesn’t support the current PHP/WP version. My WP version: 6.7.1My PHP version: 8.4.2

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2. ★★★★★ Tofandel

   2.0y ago

   Why put a nag on all pages and non dismissible?It should just be on the settings page of the plugin

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3. ★★★★★ ok2net

   2.3y ago

   Отличный плагин. Очень выручает, работает как часы. Огромное спасибо автору что обновил его до новой версии.

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4. ★★★★★ maximbelenkii

   4.0y ago

   I have been using this plugin for several years now. The plugin is actively developing, new functions are being added. I am sure that the plugin will see better times! This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by maximbelenkii.

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5. ★★★★★ 528491

   6.6y ago

   Like the title says. Might be confusing if you go back to the media page after the ‘Regenerate thumbnails’ plugin processes the image and you find the thumbnails unchanged – it simply needs a refresh of the page to see changes. Woocommerce please make this plugin a part of it’s core installation.

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6. ★★★★★ timtadd

   7.6y ago

   This plug is perhaps one of a kind. I have been looking for a solution to my problem for a long time when importing files. And when I was almost desperate, I found the name of your plugin on one forum. You were like a ray of hope, like a Christmas miracle. Your plug-in millet is a gift of fate. He works flawlessly and does what is required of him. Developer, your plugin should be easier to find. You would save even more lives.

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7. ★★★★★ toddpinil

   7.8y ago

   I thought this plugin was great, and at first it was. However… I noticed one of my categories suddenly wasn’t displaying items. I thought I was going to have to re-enter the items entirely until I realized it was a problem with the images. So, if you’re using images less than 200×200 (I realize this is standard minimum size, but still I consider this issue a “bug”) it goes totally wonky. It isn’t a simple issue of the thumbnails not displaying properly. Something happens to where wordpress/woocommerce (because of the bad thumbnail) doesn’t display the product at all (no broken image, no bad thumbnail, just NOTHING.) I was able to re-upload the images (with the plugin installed) but it went wonky again, so I just turned the plugin off altogether.

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8. ★★★★★ drianuy

   7.9y ago

   Simple and the best.

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The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.4.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 5.3 Square Thumbnails <= 1.1.0 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2023-12-07 CVE-2023-49851 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.1.0 Patched in 1.1.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-10-10 800+ → 700+ down after 7 days in tier
2. 2026-10-03 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-10-02 800+ → 700+ down after 8 days in tier
4. 2026-09-24 700+ → 800+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-09-21 800+ → 700+ down after 512 days in tier
6. 2025-04-27 900+ → 800+ down after 133 days in tier
7. 2024-12-15 1K+ → 900+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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Square Thumbnails: 700+ active installs, 4.2★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/square-thumbnails