Best author avatar plugins for WordPress
The most popular author avatar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. author_avatar leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Comment Name Avatar (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “author avatar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 author avatar plugins
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author_avatarThe most installed author avatar plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.8.41.
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Comment Name AvatarFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 2 plugins tagged “author avatar”
author_avatar
#27,276by Guillaume12 years ago
Add an upload field in the user profile admin to add a custom profile picture into usermeta table.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Name Avatar
#55,411by Amit bhalani8 years ago
This plugins user for change comment avatar. First it author avatar removed and after the new look of avatar like skype avatar with short name.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day