User Photo
Allows a user to associate a photo with their account and for this photo to be displayed in their posts and comments.
4.3(20 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, User Photo is a WordPress users plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 20 reviews. It has been downloaded 487K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 11% this week. Top alternative: User Switching.
4.3/520 reviews
3.0K+active installs
487K+total downloads
19 yearssince 2007
Overview
Allows a user to associate a profile photo with their account through their “Your Profile” page. Admins may
add a user profile photo by accessing the “Edit User” page. Uploaded images are resized to fit the dimensions specified
on the options page; a thumbnail image correspondingly is also generated.
User photos may be displayed within a post or a comment to
help identify the author. New template tags introduced are:
userphoto_the_author_photo()userphoto_the_author_thumbnail()userphoto_comment_author_photo()userphoto_comment_author_thumbnail()
Important: all of these “template tags” must appear inside of PHP script blocks (see examples below).
The first two should be placed in the posts loop near the_author(), and the second two in the comments
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Ratings & Reviews
4.320 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Shortecodes
by mahdiasadi77·5 years ago
does it have any shortecode for displaying in pages?
Works with 4.7.6
by noticierodigital3·8 years ago
Works with 4.7.6
Perfect
by markusthayer·10 years ago
Works fine!
Thank you!
by cutero·10 years ago
Easy to use.
hasn't been updated in ages, and does not work 100% in newer WordPress
by David Higgins·11 years ago
hasn’t been updated in ages, and does not work 100% in newer WordPress
Download Trends
Today: 20Yesterday: 11This week: 63Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.5+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.9
99.6%
v0.8
0.4%
Top Alternatives to User Photo
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.9.10
- Added recommendation to upgrade in wp-admin/plugins.php
- Provided option to never see the upgrade notice again
Contributors
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