Best custom avatar plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom avatar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Profile Picture leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of WP First Letter Avatar (2K+) and WP Custom Avatar (400+). All 15 plugins tagged “custom avatar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 custom avatar plugins
- 1.
User Profile PictureThe most installed custom avatar plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 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.
WP Custom Avatar400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 4.
Advanced User Avatar300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
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Custom Profile Picture300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 6.
Letter Avatars200+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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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.
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GITST CUSTOM AVATAR30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 9.
JennyStudio Identicons30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
WPMyAvatar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 15 plugins tagged “custom avatar”
User Profile Picture
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,338by Dew Technolab16 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
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
WP Custom Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:36#9,300by Hareesh S3 years ago
WP Custom Avatar adds the capability to change the default Avatar in your website.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced User Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:219#10,857by wpmakedev10 days ago
Let users upload a custom user avatar and profile picture from their device or webcam, stored on your own server instead of Gravatar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Custom Profile Picture
Up in the last 7 days:62#10,912by 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
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
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
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
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
WPMyAvatar
Down in the last 7 days:598#30,099by frametagmedia8 years ago
Add a custom avatar (profile picture) from the Wordpress Media Library as user profile picture instead of gravatar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Comments
#31,459by Matt Biscay27 days ago
Make your WordPress comments feel native to your design.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/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
- 11/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
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
- 0/day
ToolnPlay User Profile Enhancer
Up in the last 7 days:2,290#60,963by Pardeep Patel1 year ago
A simple, lightweight plugin to enhance WordPress user profiles by allowing username changes and custom avatars selected from the Media Library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day