reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced

reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced

Regenerate thumbnails fast and easy while removing unused thumbnails of existing images; very useful when changing a theme.
Rating:
3.4
star-rating-1star-rating-2star-rating-3star-rating-4star-rating-5
Active Installations:
90000+
Last Updated:
Jul 16, 2024
WordPress Version:
4.0 or higher
Tested up to:
6.6.1

Faster Thumbnail Regeneration

Easily update your old thumbnails to fit your new WordPress theme in just 3 clicks.

Customizable Thumbnail Sizes

Add any number of additional thumbnail sizes to suit your needs with our easy-to-use plugin.

Optimize Image Quality

Select the preferred image quality for regenerated thumbnails to ensure your images look perfect.

User-Friendly Interface

Clean and simple interface with a progress bar and statistics to track the regeneration process.

2.5.0

Release date: February 12, 2024
* New: Added a statistic at the end of the process that shows the total number of thumbnails regenerated;
* New: Regenerate Thumbnails Advanced PRO is now available with exciting new features;
* New: Thumbnail sizes are now displayed in the plugin settings;
* Tweak: Added clear wording and explanation for the “Force Regenerate Thumbnails” feature;
* Tweak: Reorganized the plugin settings, updated the wording and links of the plugin.
* Compat: Updated the integration with ShortPixel Image Optimizer;
* Fix: Compatibility with PHP 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3;
* Fix: The plugin settings look better on mobile;
* Fix: Regenerating thumbnails for WebP files now works properly;
* Fix: SHIFT+select works correctly in the plugin settings;
* Fix: All plugin strings can now be translated;
* Fix: Files that are not processed by the plugin (e.g. SVG, PDF, etc.) are skipped instead of displaying errors.

2.4.1

Release date: February 27, 2023
* Fix: Videos uploaded with VideoPress were removed from the Media Library when using the “Remove non-existing images” option;

2.4.0

Release date: December 1st 2020
* New: Pause Button;
* New: Resuming process from another page now starts paused;
* New: Added Filter for increasing number of items processed per run;
* Fix: Users optimizing more than 50K images could run into a code loop protection.

2.3.2

Release date: August 17th 2020
* Fix : Regenerate Period now calculates from time set in WordPress to respect timezone settting.

2.3.1

Release date: July 13th 2020
* Fix: PHP warning that was displayed on PHP 7.4.x.

2.3.0

Release date: 29th May 2020
* New system for queuing which should be more efficient;
* New – Added regenerate thumbnails button in edit-attachment screen;
* Fixed – Crash when regenerating image from edit media;
* Fixed – Queries for large amount of images should not timeout;
* Fixes for the responsiveness of the regeneration screen;
* Class loader moved to PSR-4.

2.2.0

Release date: 9th March 2020
* Reworked and improved the process interface
* Option in media library to regenerate just one image
* Will check for post_mime_type in posts and fix it when it’s empty.
* Cookie-based processing removed, now keeps progress as a server setting
* Internal processes optimized.
* Fixed – WordPress 5.3 image handling and scaled images
* Fixed – Metadata not being removed in some cases when “Delete Leftover Image Metadata” is checked.
* Fixed – Logger doesn’t call wp_upload_dir when not debugging

2.1.0

Release date: 7th June 2019
* Replace the two options Exact size for featured/non-featured images with one checkbox Only featured
* Button to stop the regeneration
* Make Keep existing be checked by default
* Change “Regenerate selected thumbnails” checklist to a settings selection
* ShortPixel Image Optimizer integration – call the ‘shortpixel-thumbnails-regenerated’ action passing only the changed sizes
* Fix: Security – Image sizes XSS exploit
* Fix: count(): Parameter must be an array

2.0.1

Release date: 17th April 2019
* Fix warnings related to corrupted metadata in some cases

2.0.0

Release date: 16th April 2019
* Plugin completely rewritten with additional features added:
* Add custom thumbnails
* Select which thumbnails to regenerate
* Regenerate thumbnails only for the featured images
* Rewrite the existing thumbnails or not depending on the selected options
* Integrate seamlessly with ShortPixel Image Optimizer
* Delete unused thumbnails from disk
* Remove metadata for missing images and thumbnails

EARLIER VERSIONS

  • please refer to the changelog.txt file inside the plugin archive for the versions before the 2.0.0 full rewrite.

Paywalled previously free features

By Luke Williamson on September 1, 2024

It seems odd that the developers decided to put the free features behind a paywall. Especially when it's using our own server resources to store and regenerate these images. I understand devs need a way to support their projects but this was the wrong approach.

For anyone reading this, roll back to version 2.4.0 to restore the previously free features.

It was a nice plugin and I wouldn't mind supporting the devs in another form in the future if the opportunity arises.

Hit & Miss Results - Doesn't Regenerate All Thumb

By opfoxtuck on August 29, 2024

This regularly doesn't work when you trying to regenerate individual images. Lots of wasted time re-uploading and checking the images over and over.

Unfortunate

By gothamcitychris on June 26, 2024

As someone else had stated, there is nothing new about the Pro version. It's literally just paying for all the previous features we used to get for free.

They made it useless

By japanoholic on June 24, 2024

Just like every other good plugin the developers decided to make it useless by making EVERYTHING pro. Thats the best recipe for bad costumer reviews

Works for me (PRO)

By lausianne on April 4, 2024

Fortunately I got the pro version in my Shortpixel subscription. I have not compared it with the free versrion. But pro has been working very well for me. Also, support has been friendly, quick and helpful.

complete disaster

By vlad4x on April 2, 2024

It was a normal and useful plugin. Now it is completely useless. Hopefully I had a backup and kept the old version 2.4.1 that works.

Paid plugin now don't bother

By Artfuldodger (gregg.watson) on April 2, 2024

After the last update, looks like the greedy bastards took away some of most needed features and now you have to pay for it. Plenty of other plugins that do this for free. WTF is Shortpixel thinking?

Used to be a good plugin

By Andrew (antrikos) on March 27, 2024

So all of the sudden they converted the plugin to premium and claim "You will find exciting features in the PRO version".
Well, there is nothing new, there are all the typical features converted to PRO version.
I would really consider buy the PRO version if you added some PRO features in addition to the already free features, but convert the existing features and renaming them as "PRO" is sad.

They have torpedoed this plugin

By whistlerdan on March 2, 2024

I'm a paid Shortpixel subscriber for their image optimization plugin. The regenerate thumbnail plugin was a useful companion plugin, but now they have removed many basic features from the free version and moved them into a "Pro" version for $50/year. I'm sorry, but this is a joke! What were they thinking? I get that there are development costs, but surely this plugin was always just a way to gather customers for the paid image optimization plugins?

Why would I pay this when other plugins do the same things for free?

I feel like, at a minimum, there should have been some combined license so that people who are already paying Shortpixel can still get these features. What attracted me to Shortpixel and caused me to leave Imagify was the ecosystem of useful plugins. Image optimizer, thumbnail regenerate, replace media, etc. Everything played nicely together. Now I'll lose that. Annoying users who never paid them is one thing, but it seems short-sighted to annoy users who are already paying them. It doesn't make me excited to keep paying them.

Should I expect them to start charging for Enable Replace Media plugin soon, too?

Extremely frustrated.

Was a good plugin, disappointed.

By thomastaihei on February 29, 2024

They moved some basic and needed functions to the Paid Zone now.

Try other plugins too!

Real Thumbnail Generator: Efficient regeneration of thumbnails in all sizes

Real Thumbnail Generator is a WordPress plugin for regenerating thumbnails. It is beginner-friendly, SEO-optimised and GDPR-compliant.

Try Demo

ThumbPress – Stop Generating Unnecessary Thumbnails

Stop WordPress from generating unnecessary thumbnails while uploading an image!

Try Demo

Regenerate Thumbnails – Acme Fix Images

Fix image sizes after you have changed image sizes from Media Settings. Ensure your images display consistently across your website.

Try Demo
Screenshots

Try reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced With InstaWP

Request demo

Wondering how to integrate InstaWP with your current workflow? Ask us for a demo.

Contact Sales

Reach out to us to explore how InstaWP can benefit your business.