WP First Letter Avatar
Set custom avatars for users with no Gravatar. The avatar will be the first (or any other) letter of user's name on a colorful background.
4.7(33 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, WP First Letter Avatar is a WordPress avatars plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 33 reviews. It has been downloaded 67K+ 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. Downloads are up 33% this week. Top alternative: Avatar Manager.
4.7/533 reviews
2.0K+active installs
67K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
WP First Letter Avatar sets custom avatars for users without Gravatar. The avatar will be a first letter of the user’s name. You can also configure the plugin to use any other letter to set custom avatar.
WP 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 ‘default’ folder and following the naming convention from ‘default’.
By default, custom avatar will be set only to users without Gravatars, but you can change that in settings and not use Gravat…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Not working get_avatar_url()
by monolitstudio·1 year ago
I tried to use this feature but only the standard avatars from wordpress were displayed
Not working.
by Domingo Piñeiro·5 years ago
The plugin didn’t work on my site.
Still works and can be GPDR compliant
by gpowerhost·7 years ago
If you set the “Use Gravatar” to “unchecked” it does not send all of that data to WordPress. We like the ability that we can craft our own Avatar sets and control the exact style of the images.
effective but First Letter Avatar” appears to be abandoned”
by zepolo·8 years ago
It was last updated 1 year 11 months ago and tested up to WordPress 4.7.12. It may have compatibility problems with the current version of WordPress or unknown security issues.
It works nice.
installation is very very easy !
Fast as Light plugin, very usefull.Lot of visitors doesn’t know how work custom gravatars Plugin bring more colors into our blogs
thank you for this work
- This topic was modified 7 years ago by zepolo.
Works great on my site
by mrkenobi·8 years ago
Plugin works as described. Works great on any properly configured wp installation on php7.1x.
Looks like a future-proof plugin. Something like this should be integrated to the core.
Great work guys
Download Trends
Today: 11Yesterday: 5This week: 65Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.2
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.2.8
- Added 2 new avatar sets (opensans and roboto) – thanks flector!
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