WP Custom Avatar vs Letter Avatars

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

WP Custom Avatar

by Hareesh S

Health D49

Letter Avatars

by Sibin Grasic

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

WP Custom Avatar Letter 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	WP Custom Avatar	Letter Avatars
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600 ✓	200–300
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 49 ✓	D · 47
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	80/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★ ✓	4.18★
Reviews	7	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100 ✓	42/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	3.7y ago ✓	6.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	89	209 ✓
Category	Login & Users	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Custom Avatar Letter 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.