User Profile Picture vs Basic User Avatars

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

User Profile Picture

by Cozmoslabs

Health A89

Basic User Avatars

by Jared Atchison

Health C61

Active-install trajectory

User Profile Picture Basic User 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	User Profile Picture	Basic User Avatars
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K ✓	20K–30K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	C · 61
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	32/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	89/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.52★	4.53★ ✓
Reviews	59 ✓	42
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	80/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	1.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	9.2K ✓	1.3K
Category	Blocks	Login & Users

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

Release activity

User Profile Picture Basic User 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.