Letter Avatars
Sets custom avatars for users without gravatar. Avatars will be replaced by first letter of usename (or e-mail) on a colorful background
4.6(9 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Letter Avatars is a WordPress letter plugin with 300 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 18K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Leira Letter Avatar.
4.6/59 reviews
300active installs
18K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Letter Avatars enables custom avatars for users without gravatar. Avatar will be replaced with the first letter of username or e-mail.
Letter Avatars does not use any images, scripts, or font-icons. All letters will be rendered by your theme font (or Optionally via a Google font).
Features
- Works anywhere – Plugin hooks into pre_get_avatar function, so the avatar size is preserved
- Highly customizable – You can change colors, letter font, as well as the font size
- Stylish – You can change the background and letter colors or you can randomize them for all the avatars
- Lightweight – Plugin does not use any external stylesheet, image, or js files. It only adds a small inline css in your header
- Highly compatible – You don’t have to edit your theme / plugin fil…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.1.0
- Improvement: Full PSR-12 compliance
- Bugfix: Fixed various errors and notices in certain scenarios
Contributors
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