Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.
As of April 2026, Author Avatars List/Block is a WordPress block plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 32 reviews. It has been downloaded 379K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Downloads are up 9% this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
This plugin makes it easy to display lists of user avatars, grouped by user roles, on your (multiuser) site. It also allows you to insert single avatars for blog users or any email address into a post or page – great for displaying an image of someone you’re talking about.
It makes use of built-in WordPress (core) functions to retrieve user information and get avatars.
Integrates with: Gutenberg, BuddyPress, xprofile, Multisite, Wpmu, BBPress, co-authors.
Avatar lists can be inserted into your sidebar by adding a widget or into posts/pages by using a shortcode. The plugin comes with a tinymce editor plugin which makes inserting shortcodes very easy.
This also provides Gutenberg Block for use with the Gutenberg editor.
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I have used this plugin for years. However, it is currently formatting text incorrectly and displaying CSS elements on the page. I have had to remove it from my site. I hope that they fix it because I do like using it, and it appears to be under active development.
After the last update, the author’s name is written in bold and the <strong> text appears next to it. I would be glad if you are interested…
Thanks to the author for this great plugin! It shows neatly the many authors/collaborators that I hive on my website, saving me a LOT of work, if I had to do this manually.
Works smoothly with WP 6
Love it
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
2.1.25
WP tested Version bump
2.1.24
Addjusted where the late escaping happened for the background-color
Fix issue with the border in the block
Added radius control for avatar in the block
2.1.23
Addjusted where the late escaping happened for the avatar name
2.1.22
Added late escaping to avatar name
2.1.21
Fix an enqueuing issue @props @ryanwelcher
2.1.20
fix to display attr in Blocks @props @joergliwa
2.1.19
2.1.18
Fixed an additional input
reported by Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)
2.1.17
Fixed lack of escaping on the shortcode
reported by Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)
2.1.16
Fixed duplicate query when sorting by posts
2.1.15
“wp-editor” script should not be enqueued notice fixed
2.1.14
php 8.1 fix
2.1.13
wp version bump
2.1.11
added missing files
2.1.10
Fixed color picker cashing in editor
Added border options
2.1.8
Fix for PHP 8 thanks to @editpostok for reporting
2.1.5
Stopped not needed css from loading
2.1.4
Removed .live in js
2.1.3
Added filter for last post link text
2.1.2
fix object type for Gutenberg block
2.1.1
added preview and block.json
2.0.8
fixed the detection for bbPress plugin
2.0.7
Fixed block not setting the user_id dropdown on page reload
2.0.6
Fixed trim function
2.0.5
added more lang for TinyMCE plugin
2.0.4
trim $atts so , don’t break short code
refactoring code (start)
2.0.3
removed PHP 7 return type
2.0.2
Fixed padding in Gutenberg sidebar
2.0.1
Added missing files
2.0.0
Gutenberg support added 🙂
PHP 7.3 errors
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-3-17/
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