WordPress plugin comparison

Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages vs Simple User Avatar

Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages

by Radek Mezulanik

100+ installs3.8

Simple User Avatar

by Matteo Manna

20K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Simple User Avatar has more active installs: 20K+, against 100+ for Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages.
On a typical day, Simple User Avatar is downloaded about 352 times, Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages about 3.
Simple User Avatar is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 19 reviews, against 3.8 from 5 reviews.
Simple User Avatar was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Dec 22, 2020 for Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages.
Simple User Avatar is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.6.0 for Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages.
Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages has been around longer: since 2016, against 2017 for Simple User Avatar.

Simple User Avatar leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages	Simple User Avatar
Popular rank	#16,774	#1,306
Active installs	100+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	66	17.6K
Rating	3.8(5)	4.6(19)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	5.6.0	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.91
Last release	5 years ago	8 days ago
Requires PHP	–	8.0

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.