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Best avatar plugins for WordPress

The most popular avatar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gravatar Enhanced leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Local Avatars (100K+) and One User Avatar (100K+). All 132 plugins tagged “avatar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 avatar plugins

  1. 1.
    Gravatar Enhanced

    The most installed avatar plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.

  2. 2.
    Simple Local Avatars

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 89 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    One User Avatar

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 41 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    User Profile Picture

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 59 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Basic User Avatars

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 42 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  6. 6.
    WP User Avatars

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 29 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

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    Simple User Avatar

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  8. 8.
    Meks Smart Author Widget

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  9. 9.
    Leira Letter Avatar

    6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 28 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  10. 10.
    User Profile Picture

    4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.

All 132 plugins tagged “avatar”