Best user photos plugins for WordPress
The most popular user photos 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 Mindutopia User Thumbnails (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “user photos” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 user photos plugins
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Simple Local AvatarsThe most installed user photos plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 89 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Mindutopia User Thumbnails10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 2 plugins tagged “user photos”
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
Mindutopia User Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:667#33,852by mindutopia13 years ago
This plugin gives you the ability to add user thumbnails to your WordPress users much like featured images on posts, the images replace the gravatars.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day