Best profile image plugins for WordPress
The most popular profile image plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BP Profile Cover leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Author or User Image (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “profile image” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 profile image plugins
- 1.
BP Profile CoverThe most installed profile image plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
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Author or User Image20+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “profile image”
BP Profile Cover
Up in the last 7 days:122#25,067by VibeThemes7 years ago
Add Beautiful profile covers in BuddyPress Group and User profiles.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Author or User Image
#26,311by Alimuzzaman Alim24 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