Title: Force Regenerate Thumbnails Author: nosilver4u Published: August 15, 2012 Last modified: February 17, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/force-regenerate-thumbnails/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2816275) ![](https://ps.w.org/force-regenerate-thumbnails/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=2816275) # Force Regenerate Thumbnails By [nosilver4u](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nosilver4u/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails.2.3.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/) ## Description Force Regenerate Thumbnails allows you to delete all old images sizes and REALLY regenerate the thumbnails for your uploads. Regenerate all thumbnails from the Tools admin menu. Regenerate batches of images via the Media Library list mode. Select the images to regenerate and then use the Bulk Actions drop-down menu to Force Regenerate Thumbnails. Use attachment actions to regenerate thumbnails for a single image. Several filters exist for advanced usage. See more via [this gist](https://gist.github.com/nosilver4u/eb858df10521aece2044a3a15ccdd17b). You may report security issues through our Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. [Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/force-regenerate-thumbnails) ## Screenshots * [[ * The plugin at work regenerating thumbnails * [[ * You can resize specific multiples images using the checkboxes and the “Bulk Actions” dropdown ## Installation 1. Go to your admin area and select Plugins -> Add new from the menu. 2. Search for “Force Regenerate Thumbnails”. 3. Click install. 4. Click activate. 5. Go to Tools -> Force Regenerate Thumbnails OR select specific images from the Media Library list mode to regenerate. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1af6576b77bb9a70f3e5be2921769896502f27e43d7ac83a1f1293cb414eea3c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[What you need](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-you-ned/)󠁿 [barnabas1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barnabas1/) January 17, 2026 Absolutely great plugin. Fixed my bad looking woocommerce thumbnails that were generated with wrong dimensions in the past. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/70028ef7574c859f9e42dcff9f155a183b49b7999f2d9f57287a62893cd30685? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[This plugin literally saved my website with over 50,000 products.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-literally-saved-my-website-with-over-50000-products/)󠁿 [koultti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/koultti/) December 6, 2025 1 reply I was completely stuck—my site was overloaded with heavy PNG images and more than 100,000 unnecessary thumbnails. I was seriously considering deleting everything and rebuilding the whole site from scratch. Every thumbnail regeneration plugin I tried would either freeze, fail to delete the old thumbnails, or just generate even more useless image sizes. Then I found this plugin, and honestly, it was a game changer. I used it together with two other tools:• Image Sizes Controller by GrandPlugins — I disabled every thumbnail size I didn’t need and kept only the one that mattered. Before that, WordPress was generating around 10 different sizes for each image.• Plus WebP or AVIF by Katsushi Kawamori — This one converts any uploaded image to WebP with adjustable quality and deletes the original file. Simply perfect. Now my website is faster than a bullet. After installing and configuring the other two plugins, I tested everything and then started the full thumbnail regeneration process using Force Regenerate Thumbnails. To my surprise, it worked flawlessly: no freezing, no errors, and the whole process was impressively fast. All the old oversized images were completely removed, and every thumbnail was regenerated exactly as needed. A HUGE THANK YOU to the developer of this plugin. You genuinely saved my project. Wishing you all the good things in the world! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c28c3cb9455822dee548170805ccb7e9a6f3c5a01ba501fb7a05f691d6e7fb4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Solve the problem!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solve-the-problem-3/)󠁿 [jofer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jofer/) November 7, 2025 1 reply It works very well! Thank you!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d505a6a9ad6194bbf5cf68ace1c58c83826499c8cfdada642dc0301ba5dc693a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[has saved my life](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/has-saved-my-life/)󠁿 [stefansic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stefansic/) May 28, 2025 1 reply The plugin regenerates the image sizes that are registered. It deletes the unregistered ones AND it also seems to repair the meta data. Impressive! Thank you very much! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f8fbc2c9676d0915e7947ffc7650761dd082912c422f8cc609f7eab8cd6d1d53? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-2534/)󠁿 [Ivan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maflman/) January 19, 2025 After trying other plugins unsuccessfully, this one worked! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fba4ccca03abf047fb1adfa894c1b4e71c97cbb014ba0a53a1282470985406a2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[IT WORKS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-2533/)󠁿 [matutino](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matutino/) January 3, 2025 1 reply Unlike other plugins that claim doing the same, this one works and still every image keeps being displayed correctly on the site. Thanks for this great tool! [ Read all 183 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Force Regenerate Thumbnails” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ nosilver4u ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nosilver4u/) * [ Pedro Elsner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pedro-elsner/) “Force Regenerate Thumbnails” has been translated into 25 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Force Regenerate Thumbnails” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-regenerate-thumbnails/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-regenerate-thumbnails/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.3.0 _Release Date – February 17, 2026_ * added: WP_CLI command: force-regenerate-thumbnails props @realmranshuman * fixed: PHP 8.5 compatibility #### 2.2.2 _Release Date – June 3, 2025_ * fixed: PHP notice when regenerating select images #### 2.2.1 _Release Date – November 12, 2024_ * added: list of active image sizes when regenerating thumbs for all images #### 2.2.0 _Release Date – September 17, 2024_ * added: regen process can be resumed * fixed: nonce expiration stops regen process * fixed: JS errors on thumb regen page #### 2.1.4 _Release Date – April 23, 2024_ * fixed: thumb removal via metadata not working due to undefined variable #### 2.1.3 _Release Date – September 13, 2023_ * changed: use updated coding standards * fixed: WP image edits lost if pre-scaled original is used for thumbnail generation #### 2.1.2 _Release Date – March 21, 2023_ * changed: improved i18n for page headings and menu entries, props @alexclassroom #### 2.1.1 _Release Date – January 18, 2023_ * fixed: invalid trailing comma syntax in PHP 7.2 #### 2.1.0 _Release Date – November 10, 2022_ * added: PHP 8.0 compatibility * added: support generating thumbnails from original (pre-scaled), on by default * added: support for PDF thumbnail generation * added: ability to skip an image by regenerate_thumbs_skip_image filter * changed: escape all output, sanitize all input * changed: ensure all strings are i18n * changed: remove HTML from i18n strings * changed: improve path lookup function * fixed: call to set_time_limit() when it is not allowed #### Earlier versions Please refer to the separate changelog.txt file. ## Community plugin This plugin is developed and supported by a community. [Contribute to this plugin](https://github.com/nosilver4u/force-regenerate-thumbnails) ## Meta * Version **2.3.0** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **200,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Catalan](https://ca.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Croatian](https://hr.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [English (New Zealand)](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [English (South Africa)](https://en-za.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Galician](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Greek](https://el.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Lithuanian](https://lt.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/), and [Ukrainian](https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails) * Tags * [force](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/force/)[regenerate thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/regenerate-thumbnails/) [thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/thumbnail/)[thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/thumbnails/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 161 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 8 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 4 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 10 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-regenerate-thumbnails/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ nosilver4u ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nosilver4u/) * [ Pedro Elsner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pedro-elsner/) ## Support Got something to say? 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