BuddyPress First Letter Avatar
A WordPress-BuddyPress plugin to set fancy custom avatars for users with no Gravatar and no profile picture.
4.9(16 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, BuddyPress First Letter Avatar is a WordPress avatars plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 29K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Avatar Manager.
4.9/516 reviews
100active installs
29K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
BuddyPress First Letter Avatar sets custom avatars for users without profile picture or Gravatar. The avatar will be a first letter of user’s name. You can also configure plugin to use any other letter to set custom avatar.
BuddyPress First Letter Avatar is based on my other plugin – WP First Letter Avatar. BuddyPress First Letter Avatar is basically the same thing, but programmed to work with BuddyPress.
BuddyPress First Letter Avatar includes a set of beautiful, colorful letter avatars in many sizes. Optimal size will be chosen by the plugin in order to display high quality avatar and not download, for example, big 512px avatars when only 48px is needed… PSD template for avatar is also included.
You can also create your own avatar set by creating new directory next to …
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Ratings & Reviews
4.916 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.2.8
- Added 2 new avatar sets (opensans and roboto) – thanks flector!
Contributors
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