Regenerate Thumbnails vs Advanced Random Posts Widget (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Regenerate Thumbnails
1.0M+ active installs
Free
Advanced Random Posts Widget
10K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Regenerate Thumbnails has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 395 reviews) and leads in active installations (1.0M+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Regenerate Thumbnails has accumulated 22M+ total downloads while Advanced Random Posts Widget has 216K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Regenerate Thumbnails | Advanced Random Posts Widget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ◄ | 4/5 |
| Total Reviews | 395 | ◄ | 39 |
| Active Installs | 1.0M+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 22M+ | ◄ | 216K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 7 months ago | ◄ | 2 years ago |
| First Released | 2008 | 2013 | |
| Age | 18 years | 13 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.7+ | 4.5+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.2.4+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 3.1.6 | 2.2.1 |
Rating Breakdown
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Advanced Random Posts Widget
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Regenerate Thumbnails averaged approximately 1,908 daily downloads while Advanced Random Posts Widget averaged 22.
Recent Reviews
Regenerate Thumbnails Reviews
Works Pretty Well
Used it to fix image sizes after changing my theme. Did the job without much hassle. Took some time but worked fine. Pretty useful plugin overall. tnx to the devs for keeping it simple.
Very, very, very happy with the results
For layout and design purposes, I opted to increase the size of all my featured image thumbnails moving forward, but you guessed it, I still had to resize the previous photos. Well, this plugin handle
Screwed all the references to images in a Portrait orientation
Yea, That was stupid. Foolishly used this, still don’t know why. Screwed up all my references to images in a Portrait orientation. Luckily I was able to figure it out and with Better Search Re
Advanced Random Posts Widget Reviews
Thank you so much for this plugin
This is a super helpful plugin. Thank you so much for this.
Great Plugin
this is a great useful plugin but need to be updated!
It’s awesome – but needs “update” to clear security flag
This plug-in works so well it hasn’t needed any updates for 2 years. Nothing out there matches it. However, because it hasn’t been updated in so long my security software is now flagging it as “abando
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