Best avatars plugins for WordPress
The most popular avatars plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Avatar Manager leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of WP First Letter Avatar (2K+) and IntenseDebate Comments (500+). All 37 plugins tagged “avatars” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 avatars plugins
- 1.
Avatar ManagerThe most installed avatars plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 39 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 2.
WP First Letter Avatar2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 33 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
IntenseDebate Comments500+ active installs. Rated 2.2 from 9 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 4.
Letter Avatars200+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 5.
Easy Gravatars100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 6.
Post Avatar100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
BuddyPress First Letter Avatar100+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 16 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
Local Profile Pics100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
Gravatar Favicon100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 10.
WP Recent Comments With Avatars80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 37 plugins tagged “avatars”
Avatar Manager
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,183by Cătălin Dogaru5 years ago
Avatar Manager for WordPress is a sweet and simple plugin for storing avatars locally and more. Easily.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(39)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP First Letter Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:30#4,968by DanielAGW9 years ago
Set custom avatars for users with no Gravatar. The avatar will be the first (or any other) letter of user's name on a colorful background.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(33)
- Downloads
- 15/day
IntenseDebate Comments
Down in the last 7 days:16#8,975by Automattic3 years ago
IntenseDebate comments enhance and encourage conversation on your blog. Build your reader community, increase your comments, & boost pageviews.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 2.2(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Letter Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:16#11,656by Sibin Grasic6 years ago
Sets custom avatars for users without gravatar. Avatars will be replaced by first letter of usename (or e-mail) on a colorful background
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Easy Gravatars
Down in the last 7 days:47#14,016by 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
Post Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:23#14,149by Vicky Arulsingam8 years ago
Choose an avatar from a pre-defined list to include in a post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress First Letter Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:29#14,476by DanielAGW9 years ago
A WordPress-BuddyPress plugin to set fancy custom avatars for users with no Gravatar and no profile picture.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Local Profile Pics
Up in the last 7 days:73#14,823by Web Guy1 month ago
Allow users of your site to set custom profile pics from the local media library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
Gravatar Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:30#14,941by 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
WP Recent Comments With Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:46#17,897by TrueFalse13 years ago
Adds avatars and announcements comments. Compact code.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Comments with Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:265#19,070by peterwsterling14 years ago
This plug-in provides a configurable widget to display recent comments with comment author avatars.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gravatar Signup Encouragement
Up in the last 7 days:13#21,313by 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
JennyStudio Identicons
Down in the last 7 days:312#24,846by Brain1981@JennyStudio24 days ago
Replace the default Gravatar avatars on WordPress, BuddyPress, and bbPress with Material Design-style Identicons avatars.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Visual Authors Page
Up in the last 7 days:724#30,685by segapunk10 years ago
This "Visual Authors page" plugin display authors list in any page by placing shortcode on it.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Grid
Up in the last 7 days:40#31,609by mdiamondstone15 years ago
Sidebar widget that displays the avatar of all of the authors on your blog in grid form.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Avatars for BuddyPress
Up in the last 7 days:1,025#35,234by SuitePlugins5 months ago
BP Private Avatars allows users to hide the avatar to only friend connections for additional privacy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NevronixAI
Up in the last 7 days:4,367#35,420by NevronixAI11 months ago
Digital Humans help you increase conversions by engaging customers in real-time, 24/7 in any language you want.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add New Default Avatar [Emrikol's Fork]
Up in the last 7 days:9,301#35,824by Derrick Tennant10 years ago
This is my version of trepmal's "Add New Default Avatar" plugin. It has a few more features which I was looking for.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Buddypress Friends
Up in the last 7 days:6,625#40,513by Adam Nowak15 years ago
This plugin adds a widget to Buddypress that displays the friends for the current user that is logged in.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:169#42,660by Pat Hawks14 years ago
Replace empty Gravatars with profile images from Facebook, Twitter, or Gmail
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Avatar Project
#42,774by justnorris9 years ago
Receiving a comment on your blog post is great and the more comments the better the feeling. It means that not only your post is good but your site be …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tietuku Avatar for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:4,920#43,426by qakcn11 years ago
Use Tietuku Avatar service to replace Gravatar. And replace Google fonts and scripts. 用贴图库头像服务替代Gravatar。并且替换Google字体和脚本。
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
retaggr
Up in the last 7 days:2,144#43,719retaggr17 years ago
This plugin adds the Retaggr functionality to your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pilllz Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:9,515#45,289by Meepha2 years ago
A plugin to replace your gravatars with pilllz avatars.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wavatars
Down in the last 7 days:7,925#45,305wavatars18 years ago
Wavatars will generate and assign icons to the visitors leaving comments at your site. It can optionally show Gravatars as well.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ravatars
Down in the last 7 days:871#46,701by grokcode12 years ago
Ravatars will generate and assign random icons to the visitors leaving comments at your site. It can optionally show Gravatars as well.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Avatars Meta Box
#47,070by Justin Tadlock11 years ago
Select your post author in style. Choose post authors by avatar instead of a select drop-down.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Echo1 Consulting
Down in the last 7 days:2,232#47,885by echo1consulting11 years ago
Simple jQuery plugin to make gmail like text avatars for profile pictures. These avatars can be scaled up to any size as they are SVG based.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Default Avatars
Up in the last 7 days:1,125#52,647by Toucah Plugins2 years ago
Fun default avatars for your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:1,086#55,228by Brad Parbs5 years ago
A WordPress plugin to remove avatars from your WordPress site
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trusted Clients
Up in the last 7 days:15,979#55,462by Nico Arche1 year ago
Display up to 20 client profile photos and a personalized message to boost trust on your website. Use the [trusted_clients] shortcode anywhere.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EffortLess Disable All Comments
#61,072by domclic27 days ago
Completely disables comments, trackbacks, and avatars site-wide or network-wide with a single toggle. Multisite compatible.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sentifyd Avatar
#69,703by Sentify Technology3 months ago
Easily install Sentifyd.io 3D AI avatars on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day