FluentAuth – The Ultimate Authorization… vs Avatar Manager (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
FluentAuth – The Ultimate Authorization…
10K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Avatar Manager has a higher user rating (4.9/5 from 39 reviews) while FluentAuth – The Ultimate Authorization… leads in active installations (10K+ vs 6.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. FluentAuth – The Ultimate Authorization… has accumulated 93K+ total downloads while Avatar Manager has 114K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | FluentAuth – The Ultimate Authorization… | Avatar Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4/5 | ► | 4.9/5 |
| Total Reviews | 29 | ► | 39 |
| Active Installs | 10K+ | ◄ | 6.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 93K+ | ► | 114K+ |
| Support Resolution | 25% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 4 months ago | ◄ | 5 years ago |
| First Released | 2022 | 2013 | |
| Age | 4 years | 13 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.0+ | 3.5+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.3+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.1.1 | 1.6.1 |
Rating Breakdown
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Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, FluentAuth – The Ultimate Authorization… averaged approximately 54 daily downloads while Avatar Manager averaged 5.
Recent Reviews
FluentAuth – The Ultimate Authorization… Reviews
Great help in debugging
Got superior support for resolving a conflict and finding issues in somebody else’s code. Thanks again!
Pretty Great Plugin
Over all it works and does a dam good jobonly current complaint/bug, is that login with google still requires a code to be sent and entered.Hope to see this plugin for years and years to come
Superb for my use case
I wanted to implement a login system with the requirement for users to enter an email code on login. This mitigates login sharing among users. Very effective, did the job perfectly. Raised one s
Avatar Manager Reviews
Works in WP 6.4.2, Not sure is Still Supported
First off great that this plugin works, doesn’t cause download of huge images to display as small avatars and seems to work well 🙂 I like that it supports gravatar as a default. I’m not sure it
So sad, I had to deactivate Avatar Manager
Much appreciated Avatar Manager… until after a recent update, it caused a strange effect in our User Submitted Posts. (USP Pro) What happened was, logged in users were no longer able to submit the pos
Very useful plugin, thank you!
Very useful plugin, thank you!
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