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.
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Top 10 avatar plugins
- 1.
Gravatar EnhancedThe most installed avatar plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.Simple Local Avatars
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 89 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
One User Avatar100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 41 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
User Profile Picture40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 59 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Basic User Avatars20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 42 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
WP User Avatars20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 29 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.
Simple User Avatar20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Meks Smart Author Widget10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
Leira Letter Avatar6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 28 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
User Profile Picture4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 132 plugins tagged “avatar”

Gravatar Enhanced
Up in the last 7 days:4#282by Automattic10 days ago
The official Gravatar plugin, featuring privacy-focused settings, easy profile updates, and customizable Gravatar Profile blocks.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 240/day
Simple Local Avatars
#312by 10up2 months ago
Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(89)
- Downloads
- 836/day

One User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:1#443by One Designs2 months ago
Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(41)
- Downloads
- 447/day

User Profile Picture
Down in the last 7 days:3#896by Cozmoslabs4 months ago
Set a custom profile image (avatar) for a user using the standard WordPress media upload tool.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(59)
- Downloads
- 227/day

Basic User Avatars
#1,187by Jared Atchison2 years ago
Add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen so users can add a custom profile picture.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(42)
- Downloads
- 66/day

WP User Avatars
#1,296by John James Jacoby25 days ago
Allow registered users to upload and select their own avatars.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(29)
- Downloads
- 180/day

Simple User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,306by Matteo Manna7 days ago
Simple User Avatar helps users to add or remove their avatar using images from his Media Library.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 352/day

Meks Smart Author Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,688by Meks2 years ago
Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Leira Letter Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,725by Ariel10 months ago
Automatically generate beautiful user avatars based on their initials.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 23/day

User Profile Picture
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,339by Dew Technolab17 days ago
Replace Gravatar with a custom profile picture from your Media Library, shown everywhere WordPress displays avatars. Lightweight, no settings.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 62/day

Author Avatars List/Block
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,586by Paul Bearne3 months ago
Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Disable User Gravatar
Up in the last 7 days:10#4,262by Marcus (aka @msykes)4 years ago
Stops WordPress from grabbing a user avatar using their registrated email from gravatar.com.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Better Recent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:19#4,506by Kestrel2 years ago
Provides an improved Recent Comments widget and a shortcode to display your recent comments on any post or page.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Easy Author Avatar Image
Down in the last 7 days:12#5,629by Mukesh Panchal5 months ago
Upload an author image right from your profile page with the click of a button.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Avatar Privacy
Down in the last 7 days:12#6,636by pepe3 years ago
Enhances the privacy of your users and visitors with gravatar opt-in and local avatars.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 14/day

User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:30#7,571by Saad Iqbal3 years ago
Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 13/day

WPAvatar
Up in the last 7 days:38#8,294by 文派翻译(WP Chinese Translation)1 year ago
Use WPAvatar to speed up your website, switch gravatar to Chinese source, and support automatic acquisition and display of QQ Mail avatar.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

FV Gravatar Cache
Down in the last 7 days:12#8,490by FolioVision1 year ago
Speeds up your website by making sure the gravatars are stored on your website and not loading from the gravatar server.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.9(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Add New Default Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:4#8,843by Kailey (trepmal)10 years ago
Add new option to the Default Avatar list.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BuddyPress Default Cover Photo
Up in the last 7 days:55#8,873by SeventhQueen6 years ago
The plugin adds DEFAULT Profile and Group cover settings in WP Admin - Settings - BuddyPress - Settings.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.8(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:17#10,085by tomiup7 years ago
Allows you to use any photos uploaded into your Media Library as an avatar instead of using Gravatar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Profile Picture
Up in the last 7 days:21#10,935by Iftakharul Islam4 months ago
Replace default Gravatars with custom profile pictures! Upload from media library or device. Bulk manage all users from one beautiful admin page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Harrys Gravatar Cache
Down in the last 7 days:40#11,875by Harry Milatz4 years ago
Accelerates the site speed by simply and effective caching Gravatar (Globally Recognized Avatars).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Local Avatars by Nocksoft
Up in the last 7 days:17#11,915by Rafael @ Nocksoft2 years ago
Adds support for local avatars as an alternative to Gravatar.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP Social Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:144#12,778by Maruti Mohanty10 years ago
This plugin gives the users the option to use their social profile picture as the WordPress Avatar
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect Gravatar requests
Down in the last 7 days:72#13,293by Bart Kuijper4 years ago
All requests to load an avatar from gravatar.com are redirected to a local image, preventing Gravatar from potentially gathering data about your site …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AP Gravatars
Up in the last 7 days:14#13,377by Josh Maxwell14 years ago
A simple plugin that adds the gravatar photo associated with the user's email to their profile page... MultiSite compatable!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Easy Gravatars
Down in the last 7 days:40#14,026by Dougal Campbell17 years ago
Add Gravatars to your comments without modifying any template files. Just activate, and you're done!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gravatar Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:10#14,957by Patrick Chia14 years ago
This plugin allows you to generate a gravatar favicon for your blog and admin logo included Apple touch icon.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Optimum Gravatar Cache
Down in the last 7 days:25#16,602by José Miguel2 years ago
It stores optimized copies of gravatars locally, reducing the total number of requests. This will speed up site loading and consequently improve the u …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Social Profile Frame Generator
Down in the last 7 days:11#16,641by Jose Varghese2 months ago
All-in-one profile picture frame generator. Allows users to upload their photo, apply a frame, customize with zoom/rotate/bokeh, and download.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Cat Generator Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:418#16,998by abnerchou6 years ago
This plugin integrates the Cat Generator Avatars avatar into WordPress, BuddyPress and Ultimate Member.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wapuuvatar
Down in the last 7 days:148#17,189by Lee Willis2 months ago
Uses Wapuus from the Wapuu archive as your site avatars.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Minotar
#20,089by clone101813 years ago
Minotar enables the use of Minecraft avatars in WordPress.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeablePress
Down in the last 7 days:37#20,415by codeablepress10 months ago
A simple, lightweight, and secure way for users to upload profile pictures directly from the WooCommerce My Account page or via shortcode.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Author Image(s)
Down in the last 7 days:219#20,817by Scott Reilly15 years ago
Display image (if present) and/or name for the author of a post, or for all authors on the blog.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:519#20,836by D'Arcy Norman7 years ago
Displays the avatar for a post's author, without having to hack it into the theme.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gravatar Signup Encouragement
Up in the last 7 days:20#21,284by Milan Dinić14 years ago
Shows a message with link to Gravatar's signup page to commenters and/or users without gravatar.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DT Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:27#21,432by DigitalTweaker7 years ago
Easily add an author box bio signature with custom profile image and social profile buttons to the end of each author's posts
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Default Gravatar Sans
Down in the last 7 days:111#21,514by raohmaru9 years ago
Disables Gravatar.com avatar, and allows one local default avatar image for users without avatar in his profile.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

HiDPI Gravatars
#21,811by Robert Chapin11 years ago
Enables high resolution Gravatar images on any browser that supports them.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GITST CUSTOM AVATAR
Up in the last 7 days:116#23,205by Haykaz Kotanjyan10 years ago
Set custom AVATAR (User Profile Image) and store avatars into Database as base64 string.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Profile widget
Up in the last 7 days:223#24,291by Ryan Hellyer11 years ago
A WordPress widget for displaying user profile information on single post pages.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Frontend User Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:111#24,642by Albert Tarres1 year ago
Effortlessly manage and display your user profile avatar from the frontend
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Manage User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:374#24,966by escaleta5 years ago
WP Manage User Avatar plugin allows you to set your users avatar and select a uniform avatar theme for all users. You can set a avatar from the initia …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ChargeWP
#25,055by ChargeWP11 months ago
Change your profile picture instantly from the front end. Simple, fast, and built to feel like part of WordPress.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Unstoppable User Profiles
#25,527by Unstoppable Solutions4 months ago
Let logged-in members edit their own profile and upload a profile photo from the front end. No media library access. Works with any membership plugin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

User Avatar For Woocommerce
Down in the last 7 days:66#25,988by Roberto Bottalico5 years ago
Aggiunge un semplice avatar al tuo woocommerce riguardo i clienti e al tuo wordpress riguardo l'admin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Simple Google Authorship and Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:142#26,033by Mark-k13 years ago
Enables users to easily claim google authorship on their content and use their google profile picture as an avatar
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author or User Image
Down in the last 7 days:67#26,290by Alimuzzaman Alim26 days ago
Allow registered users to upload a local avatar image and set an optional default image for the site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day