User Profile Builder – Beautiful User… vs Avatar Manager (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User…
50K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Avatar Manager has a higher user rating (4.9/5 from 39 reviews) while User Profile Builder – Beautiful User… leads in active installations (50K+ vs 6.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. User Profile Builder – Beautiful User… has accumulated 5.4M+ total downloads while Avatar Manager has 114K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | User Profile Builder – Beautiful User… | Avatar Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ► | 4.9/5 |
| Total Reviews | 731 | ◄ | 39 |
| Active Installs | 50K+ | ◄ | 6.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 5.4M+ | ◄ | 114K+ |
| Support Resolution | 92% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 3 weeks ago | ◄ | 5 years ago |
| First Released | 2011 | 2013 | |
| Age | 15 years | 13 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.1+ | 3.5+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 3.15.6 | 1.6.1 |
Rating Breakdown
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User…
Avatar Manager
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, User Profile Builder – Beautiful User… averaged approximately 1,754 daily downloads while Avatar Manager averaged 5.
Recent Reviews
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User… Reviews
Amazing, simple, and great customer support
This plugin significantly sped up my development time, and customer support responds quickly. Excellent plugin that gets the job done and is very customizable.
Intuitive Convenient and Great support
This plugin significantly sped up my development process by a lot. It is intuitive to use. And the customer support is quick to response. Excellent plugin that served its purpose to its fullest.
Great for Member Sites and Intranets
This plugin is great for Member Sites and Intranets. Very intuitive, flexible, with good documentation. Lots of Addons for different features.
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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