WordPress plugin comparison
Letter Avatars vs Simple Local Avatars
At a glance
- Simple Local Avatars has more active installs: 100K+, against 200+ for Letter Avatars.
- On a typical day, Simple Local Avatars is downloaded about 836 times, Letter Avatars about 8.
- Both are rated 4.6 out of 5.
- Simple Local Avatars was updated more recently: Aug 19, 2026, against Mar 3, 2020 for Letter Avatars.
- Simple Local Avatars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.3.27 for Letter Avatars.
- Simple Local Avatars has been around longer: since 2011, against 2016 for Letter Avatars.
Line by line
Simple Local Avatars leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Letter Avatars |  Simple Local Avatars |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #11,623 | #312 |
| Active installs | 200+ | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 232 | 22.7K |
| Rating | 4.6(9) | 4.6(89) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 5.3.27 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.11 |
| Last release | 6 years ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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