Best gravatar plugins for WordPress
The most popular gravatar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Local Avatars leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of One User Avatar (100K+) and User Profile Picture (40K+). All 94 plugins tagged “gravatar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 gravatar plugins
- 1.Simple Local Avatars
The most installed gravatar plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 89 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
One User Avatar100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 41 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
User Profile Picture40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 59 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.
Basic User Avatars20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 42 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Simple User Avatar20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 6.
Avatar Manager5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 39 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 7.Disable User Gravatar
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 8.Easy Author Avatar Image
1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 9.Avatar Privacy
1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 10.
User Avatar800+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
All 94 plugins tagged “gravatar”
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
- 888/day

One User Avatar
#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:2#895by 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
- 232/day

Basic User Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,189by 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
- 70/day

Simple User Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,306by Matteo Manna6 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
- 397/day

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
Disable User Gravatar
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,269by 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
- 15/day
Easy Author Avatar Image
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,613by 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:31#6,632by 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:53#7,582by 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
- 12/day

WPAvatar
Up in the last 7 days:28#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:6#8,482by 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:11#8,848by Kailey (trepmal)10 years ago
Add new option to the Default Avatar list.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/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
BNS Corner Logo
Up in the last 7 days:33#10,350by Edward Caissie10 years ago
Widget to display a logo; or, used as a plugin displays image fixed in one of the four corners.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/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

Top Commentators Widget
Down in the last 7 days:31#11,842by Lorna Timbah5 months ago
Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Harrys Gravatar Cache
Down in the last 7 days:9#11,874by 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
Down in the last 7 days:41#11,945by Rafael @ Nocksoft2 years ago
Adds support for local avatars as an alternative to Gravatar.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Social Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:140#12,751by 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:45#13,294by 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:23#13,381by 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
- 0/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
Fix Gravatar Alt Text & Title Tag
Down in the last 7 days:157#14,303by Fixmysite1 year ago
Applies comment author name to Gravatar's Alt and Title tags in comments and author display name to Gravatars site-wide.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Top Authors
Up in the last 7 days:113#15,757by danielpataki11 years ago
A highly customizable widget that allows you to display the top authors of your website easily.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Optimum Gravatar Cache
Up in the last 7 days:116#16,399by 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
- 0/day
Gravatar ALT & TITLE Fix
#21,176by ciordia910 years ago
A simple plugin to insert missing ALT & TITLE tags into your Gravatar image. Author name sourced from Gravatar.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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
Default Gravatar Sans
Down in the last 7 days:126#21,568by 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
#21,789by Robert Chapin11 years ago
Enables high resolution Gravatar images on any browser that supports them.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Profiler
Down in the last 7 days:452#21,877by Agentmatica13 years ago
Allows the author/user to upload gravatar/photo/profile image directly from the user dashbaord to display on their blog post.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Alt-Tags-for-Gravatar
Up in the last 7 days:4#23,325by knofte2 years ago
A simple WordPress plugin that enhances website accessibility and SEO by adding alt tags to Gravatar images for post authors and commenters.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
WP-DuoShuo-Gravatar
#23,469by shines7711 years ago
WP-DuoShuo-Gravatar | YunFast
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Gravatar Https
Down in the last 7 days:270#24,949by 61021611 years ago
WP Gravatar Https
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ChargeWP
Up in the last 7 days:213#25,107by 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
Gravatar Hovercards
Down in the last 7 days:48#25,549by Abhik16 years ago
This plugin enables Gravatar Hovercards in Self Hosted Wordpress Blogs. Code by Ottopress, Pluginized By Abhik.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mirror Gravatar
Up in the last 7 days:627#25,705by jwz2 months ago
Locally mirror commenters' Gravatar or Mastodon profile images.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Avatars Minecraft
#27,069by minelabz2 years ago
Show custom Minecraft heads in the comment section of your website.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
author_avatar
#27,276by Guillaume12 years ago
Add an upload field in the user profile admin to add a custom profile picture into usermeta table.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Real Simple Avatar
#29,208by Alexandra1 month ago
Local user avatars for WordPress: upload a profile photo, pick a preset, or auto-generate colourful initials. No Gravatar, no Media Library clutter.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WhatAvatar
Up in the last 7 days:82#29,772by Ruben Garcia3 days ago
Turn user profile pictures into customizable, privacy-first avatars that boost member engagement!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 27/day
User Bio Widget
Up in the last 7 days:125#30,021by Anthony Bubel15 years ago
Easily display the "Biographical Info", and Gravatar, of any author's user profile in your blog's sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Avatarly
Up in the last 7 days:617#30,034by saumya0102 months ago
Custom user avatars with no Gravatar account required: upload and manage a local profile picture from any WordPress profile.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MB Simple User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:151#30,070by Babak Fakhamzadeh6 years ago
A plugin allows for custom avatars. In the backend through the user-edit form, in the frontend through a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Validate Gravatar
Down in the last 7 days:171#31,892by Arefly12 years ago
Check if the Email's Gravatar is exist. 檢測指定郵箱的Gravatar是否存在
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP_MonsterID
Up in the last 7 days:42#32,011by scottsm12 years ago
Creates a unique, persistent monster avatar for each commenter based on email address.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gravatar SEO
#33,378by 3eo11 years ago
A light and simple plugin to insert automatically ALT & TITLE tags into Gravatar images in your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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

RoboHash Default Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:9,314#36,006by Ilan Firsov8 years ago
The RoboHash default avatar is not yet available for selection as a default avatar, As I like this generated avatar the most of I thought it would be …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day