OTF Regenerate Thumbnails
Automatically regenerates your thumbnails on the fly when thumbnail sizes change.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.6★ from 19
- Active installs
- 4k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Jan 2015
- Requires WP
- 3.8
- Tested up to
- WP 4.1.42
- Downloads
- 147,087
Our analysis
AI-assistedOTF Regenerate Thumbnails is a WordPress plugin that automatically resizes thumbnails when image dimensions are changed in the media settings or when switching themes and plugins. It functions similarly to the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin but does so on the fly without requiring any additional settings.
Once activated, it works immediately to ensure that your images are displayed in the correct sizes without needing to be processed again. This plugin is suitable for developers and users who frequently modify image sizes or change themes.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users and developers who need automatic thumbnail resizing.
What it does well
- ✓Automatically resizes thumbnails on the fly
- ✓No settings pages required; just install and activate
- ✓Works with changes in media settings and theme/plugin switches
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on compatibility with newer WordPress versions
- •Last updated in November 2017
Verdict
OTF Regenerate Thumbnails provides a straightforward solution for managing thumbnail sizes in WordPress. However, its last update was several years ago, which may affect its compatibility with newer versions of WordPress.
From the developer
Benjamin Intal's own description of OTF Regenerate Thumbnails, lightly tidied.
This plugin behaves similarly to Regenerate Thumbnails except that images are resized automatically / on the fly, when they are used. Once created, they won’t be processed again.
Your thumbnails will now resize when:
- Image Sizes in Settings > Media is modified,
- Switching themes & plugins with different thumbnail / featured image sizes
No settings pages, just install and activate and things should work right away.
Report bugs and help out in the code from the Github repository
What are you talking about?
Test it out. In your normal WordPress website set up, create a gallery using the Add Media button while editing a post or page and use thumbnails. Afterwards, check out your gallery.
Notice the size of your thumbnails, most likely they’re 150 x 150. Do you see it? Great.
Now head over to Settings > Media and change your thumbnail size to something cooler, something rectangular, let’s try 400 x 200. Save it.
Go back to your gallery that you previously created and refresh your browser. Most likely you won’t be seeing 400 x 200 thumbnails there.
OTF Regenerate Thumbnails fixes this for you.
Usage
OTF Regenerate Thumbnails should work right away, and your images should get resized when the dimensions get changed.
For developers & tinkerers, ensuring your images get resized properly requires you to use WordPress’ image functions to display featured images and image attachments. Don’t worry, this is a good thing.
Make sure you use these WordPress functions every time you display images: