Shane Bishop

Pedro Elsner

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 <a href="https://gist.github.com/nosilver4u/eb858df10521aece2044a3a15ccdd17b" rel="nofollow ugc">this gist</a>.
You may report security issues through our Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. <a href="https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/force-regenerate-thumbnails" rel="nofollow ugc">Report a security vulnerability.</a>

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

Delete and REALLY force thumbnail regeneration.

Mohammadreza Maghsoudipour

Are you tired of WordPress creating dozens of unused thumbnail sizes for every image you upload?
By default, WordPress and many themes register multiple image sizes and generate them for every single upload, filling your server with thousands of files you will never use. This wastes disk space and makes managing your media library difficult.
Smart Thumbnails GW solves this problem.
This plugin stops WordPress from creating unnecessary files and gives you precise control. Its intelligent logic generates custom sizes only for Featured Images when a post is saved. Images uploaded into your post content won’t create any extra thumbnails, saving you valuable server space.
Control exactly which sizes are created for each post type (posts, pages, products, etc.), clean up unused images automatically, and regenerate thumbnails only when you need to.

Smart Thumbnails GW

An intelligent image management plugin that registers custom sizes for each post type and regenerates them only when needed for featured images.

Force Regenerate Thumbnails vs Smart Thumbnails GW