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Force Regenerate Thumbnails

by Shane Bishop · 200,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy1 Warning

Healthy: maintained, last release 17 Feb 2026, 3 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.

83/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Ownership100
Maintenance50
Security100
SupportNo data
Reputation85

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Force Regenerate Thumbnails still maintained?
Yes. Last release 17 Feb 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months. 17 Feb 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Force Regenerate Thumbnails, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer nosilver4u since Nov 2022. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Force Regenerate Thumbnails removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Force Regenerate Thumbnails safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Force Regenerate Thumbnails update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.3.0. No one-star spike after it. 17 Feb 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • WarningMNT-2Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4. Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.3 Nov 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
nosilver4u9 Nov 2022 to 17 Feb 2026, 15 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2012.

Maintenance

Last release
9 months ago
Releases, 24 months
3
Tested up to
6.9 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Q1 20240
Q2 20241
Q3 20241
Q4 20241
Q1 20250
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 17 Feb 2026. Tested up to 6.9, 2 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: 5.0 (2 reviews). Lifetime: 4.7.

Average rating per quarter for Force Regenerate Thumbnails
Q4 20235.0
Q2 20245.0
Q3 20243.0
Q4 20243.7
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20255.0
Q4 20255.0
Q1 20265.0
Q2 20265.0
Q3 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q3 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star164
4 star8
3 star0
2 star4
1 star10
Latest low reviews

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

200,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Force Regenerate Thumbnails
4 May 20262,035
11 May 20265,736
18 May 20265,719
25 May 20266,341
1 Jun 20265,309
8 Jun 20265,556
15 Jun 20265,189
22 Jun 20265,217
29 Jun 20264,470
6 Jul 20264,710
13 Jul 20264,497
20 Jul 20265,437
27 Jul 20265,359
3 Aug 20265,457
10 Aug 20265,105
17 Aug 20264,524
24 Aug 20264,887
31 Aug 20264,754
7 Sep 20264,400
14 Sep 20264,874
21 Sep 20264,642
28 Sep 20264,121
5 Oct 20264,827
12 Oct 20263,883
19 Oct 20266,369
26 Oct 20265,445
2 Nov 2026739

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 14% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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Facts

Version2.3.0
AuthorShane Bishop
Added15 Aug 2012
Last updated17 Feb 2026
Active installs200,000+
Requires WordPress6.6
Tested up to6.9.11
Requires PHP7.4
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Site Migration & Cloning
Tagsforce, thumbnail, thumbnails, regenerate thumbnails

Other plugins by this author: EWWW Image Optimizer, Imsanity, S3 Image Optimizer, Easy Image Optimizer

Questions

Is Force Regenerate Thumbnails still maintained?

Yes. Last release 17 Feb 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Force Regenerate Thumbnails, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer nosilver4u since Nov 2022.

Was Force Regenerate Thumbnails removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Force Regenerate Thumbnails safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Force Regenerate Thumbnails update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.3.0. No one-star spike after it.

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