User Avatar – Reloaded
Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
5(2 reviews)
·900 active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, User Avatar is a WordPress avatar plugin with 900 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles….
5/52 reviews
900active installs
10K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
WordPress currently only allows you to use custom avatars that are uploaded through Gravatar. WP User Avatar enables you to use any photo uploaded into your Media Library as an avatar. This means you use the same uploader and library as your posts. No extra folders or image editing functions are necessary.
WP User Avatar also lets you:
- Upload your own Default Avatar in your WP User Avatar settings.
- Show the user’s Gravatar avatar or Default Avatar if the user doesn’t have a WP User Avatar image.
- Disable Gravatar avatars and use only local avatars.
- Use the
[avatar_upload]shortcode to add a standalone uploader to a front page or widget. This uploader is only visible to logged-in users. - Use the
[avatar]shortcode in your posts. These shortcodes will work with any theme, whether…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Good plugin, [avatar_upload] short code not working
by ChickenDipper·4 years ago·1 reply
Great plugin, very handy to have.
- This topic was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by ChickenDipper.
Wonderful plugin!
by art3miss·4 years ago
Very easy to use, and powerful. Nice job!
Download Trends
Today: 9Yesterday: 6This week: 29Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
94.3%
v1.1
5.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.2.2
- IMPROVEMENT – Sanitize the shortcode attributes
Contributors
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