10 Best Disable Generate Thumbnails Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Disable Generate Thumbnails has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Disable Generate Thumbnails
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iOS images fixer
Closest match4.6 (30) 6,000+ active installsAutomatically fix iOS-taken images' orientation using ImageMagic/PHP GD upon upload.
Shares the media, thumbnails tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since June 12, 2024.
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5.0 (23) 10,000+ active installsProvides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress.
Shares the disable, media tags on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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4.5 (52) 7,000+ active installsAutomatically sets the featured image to the first image uploaded into the post (any post type with thumbnail support). So easy like that...
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since October 5, 2023.
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4.7 (42) 20,000+ active installsAdds multiple post thumbnails to a post type. If you've ever wanted more than one Featured Image on a post, this plugin is for you.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, no update since November 26, 2018.
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Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF
4.8 (279) 60,000+ active installsOptimize image sizes, regenerate thumbnails, enable retina, convert to WebP/AVIF, or use cloud optimization. An essential image toolkit.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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4.8 (77) 10,000+ active installsDisplay a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.8 (22) 3,000+ active installsEnables upscaling of thumbnails for small media attachments
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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5.0 (32) 2,000+ active installsMy Eyes Are Up Here helps you control how WordPress generates thumbnails.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since September 29, 2022.
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4.9 (32) 1,000+ active installsFix Media Library inconsistency between database and wp-content/uploads folder contents. Unused image files, broken media library entries, missing att …
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 6,000+, no update since December 18, 2018.
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Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)
5.0 (108) 60,000+ active installsDisable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 5, 2026.
Switching from Disable Generate Thumbnails: common questions
What is the best alternative to Disable Generate Thumbnails?
iOS images fixer is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Disable Generate Thumbnails alternative has the most users?
Perfect Images, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Disable Generate Thumbnails alternative is rated highest?
Disable Emojis, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 108 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Disable Generate Thumbnails alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Disable Generate Thumbnails score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Disable Generate Thumbnails on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
iOS images fixer is the closest match to Disable Generate Thumbnails by the data we track, and Perfect Images has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. Perfect Images shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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