Shane Bishop

Pedro Elsner

<p>Force Regenerate Thumbnails allows you to delete all old images sizes and REALLY regenerate the thumbnails for your uploads.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Several filters exist for advanced usage. See more via <a href="https://gist.github.com/nosilver4u/eb858df10521aece2044a3a15ccdd17b" rel="nofollow ugc">this gist</a>.</p>
<p>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></p>


Force Regenerate Thumbnails

Delete and REALLY force thumbnail regeneration.

Mehdi Rezaei

<p>Thumbnail Remover and Size Manager 2.2 is a safer and more complete media-maintenance workflow for WordPress.</p>
<p>Instead of deleting thumbnails blindly, the plugin now helps you:</p>
<ul>
<li>Preview cleanup results before removing files</li>
<li>Move thumbnails to plugin Trash instead of deleting permanently</li>
<li>Create a zip backup of the exact matching thumbnails before moving them to Trash</li>
<li>Restore trashed thumbnails later if needed</li>
<li>Process large libraries in batches with visible progress</li>
<li>Detect orphan thumbnails left behind on disk</li>
<li>Detect probably unused media items across post content, featured images, and common builder data</li>
<li>Regenerate missing image sizes in batches</li>
<li>Review per-size analytics including file counts, storage usage, missing sizes, and orphan counts</li>
<li>Review recent activity logs and reporting summaries for cleanup, restore, backup, and regeneration workflows</li>
<li>Disable selected image sizes for future uploads</li>
<li>Create zip backups for all uploads or a specific year/month folder</li>
<li>Schedule recurring cleanup runs with configurable frequency, size scope, and folder scope</li>
</ul>
<p>This release is built for site owners, developers, agencies, and anyone trying to reduce thumbnail bloat without risking accidental data loss.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Dry run / preview before cleanup</li>
<li>Trash and Restore workflow for safer deletion</li>
<li>Optional zip backup before moving matching thumbnails to Trash</li>
<li>Batch processing with real progress for scan, cleanup, and regeneration</li>
<li>Unused media detection</li>
<li>Orphan thumbnail detection</li>
<li>Regenerate missing sizes</li>
<li>Per-size analytics dashboard</li>
<li>Reporting and recent activity logs</li>
<li>Advanced filters for image format, usage status, and orphan-only cleanup</li>
<li>WebP variant generation for JPEG and PNG uploads</li>
<li>Media Library thumbnail summary column with per-image quick actions</li>
<li>Custom image size manager with visual previews</li>
<li>Bulk image optimization with TinyPNG-compatible API support</li>
<li>Size usage analysis based on content and stored meta references</li>
<li>Image size disable controls for future uploads</li>
<li>Media backup export to zip</li>
<li>Scheduled cleanup powered by WP-Cron</li>
</ul>
<h3>Custom Size Manager</h3>
<p>Create, update, and remove custom image sizes directly from the plugin screen. The manager includes a simple visual preview so you can sanity-check new dimensions before you save them for future uploads.</p>


Thumbnail Remover and Size Manager

Safely analyze, preview, trash, restore, schedule, regenerate, report on, and manage WordPress thumbnails and image sizes.

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