Gravatar Enhanced vs Simple Local Avatars

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Gravatar Enhanced

by Automattic

Health B81

Simple Local Avatars

by 10up

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Gravatar Enhanced Simple Local Avatars

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Gravatar Enhanced	Simple Local Avatars
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K	100K–200K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+25% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 81	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	91/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.48★ ✓
Reviews	3	89 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	2.9K	18.3K ✓
Category	Privacy & Consent	Login & Users

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Gravatar Enhanced Simple Local Avatars

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.