Best change avatar plugins for WordPress
The most popular change avatar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP First Letter Avatar leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Profile Avatar (10+) and Echo1 Consulting (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “change avatar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 change avatar plugins
- 1.
WP First Letter AvatarThe most installed change avatar plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 33 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.
Custom Profile Avatar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Echo1 Consulting
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.
Comment Name AvatarFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 4 plugins tagged “change avatar”

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

Custom Profile Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:782#32,291by Hakan8 months ago
Easily upload and use custom profile avatars in WordPress. Disable Gravatar and keep everything local.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/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

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