Best wp avatar plugins for WordPress
The most popular wp avatar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPAvatar leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of WP Avatar (300+) and Manage User Avatar (30+). All 4 plugins tagged “wp avatar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 wp avatar plugins
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WPAvatarThe most installed wp avatar plugin, with 600+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
WP Avatar300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
Manage User Avatar30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 4.
Custom Profile Avatar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “wp avatar”

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

WP Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:48#10,034by tomiup7 years ago
Allows you to use any photos uploaded into your Media Library as an avatar instead of using Gravatar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Manage User Avatar
#24,653by escaleta5 years ago
WP Manage User Avatar plugin allows you to set your users avatar and select a uniform avatar theme for all users. You can set a avatar from the initia …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- 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