WP Social Avatar
This plugin gives the users the option to use their social profile picture as the WordPress Avatar
4.3(6 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, WP Social Avatar is a WordPress avatar plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 18K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles….
4.3/56 reviews
200active installs
18K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
As the name suggests, this plugin allows you to use the social profile picture as your WordPress Avatar.
You can see more, on how to install and use the plugin here in this blog WP Social Avatar
Why this plugin?
If you are me, who gets bore of using the same gravatar for few days or months then this plugin is totally for you.
This plugin provides option to the user to use Social media like Facebook and Google plus profile pictures as the gravatar instead of the one from en.gravatar.com.
WP Social Avatar Settings:
After activating the plugin admin will see WP Avatar, under Users menu. Here the admin can set the minimum role/capabilities required to avail this feature.
The allowed users will see the available options in their Your Profile sub menu under Users menu.
For the first version I o…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.36 reviews
5 ★
5
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
1
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.3.1+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Top Alternatives to WP Social Avatar
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.5
- Made changes due to change in Facebook APIs. Now you need to use facebook user id instead of facebook handle/username.
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.