Avatar Manager

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Dennis Bareis

   2.9y ago

   First off great that this plugin works, doesn’t cause download of huge images to display as small avatars and seems to work well 🙂 I like that it supports gravatar as a default. I’m not sure it is still supported but if it is, it needs to have at least meta data updated so everything doesn’t point to moved pages and needs to be marked as tested in release 6.4.2 or so… This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by Dennis Bareis. This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by Dennis Bareis.

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2. ★★★★★ Marjoline

   5.2y ago

   Much appreciated Avatar Manager… until after a recent update, it caused a strange effect in our User Submitted Posts. (USP Pro) What happened was, logged in users were no longer able to submit the posts. Only NON-logged in users could submit posts, which is of course just the opposite to what we want. Thanks Avatar Manager, sorry to leave you; it was great whilst it lasted! Cheers, Marjoline

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3. ★★★★★ fiftin

   5.3y ago

   Very useful plugin, thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ newsblaze

   5.3y ago

   This is an excellent plugin. I use it on all of my sites that have posts that show the author. It is magic! Thank you to all who contributed. P.S. I love the octopus logo.

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5. ★★★★★ rockethead2

   6.8y ago

   We are able to add avatar in user edit screen, but there are no options on Settings > Discussion page so you might want to fix that. Def nice to have option of not using Gravatar, which no longer works.

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6. ★★★★★ wndrlstuser

   7.5y ago

   Thanks for this plugin. Very helpful!

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7. ★★★★★ Luke Skybroker

   8.1y ago

   Praise to this plugin developer! This does everything as described and does it with elegant simplicity and delivers perfect execution. It works flawlessly on both desktop and mobile devices/browsers. PLUS and this is a BIG PLUS – it intuitively knows what level user it is so that subscribers can only upload from their device and NOT the media library, while admin can do either. Thank you Cătălin Dogaru for achieving excellence! This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by Luke Skybroker.

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8. ★★★★★ Ben

   8.3y ago

   I just downloaded this plugin, and in just a couple of minutes was able to add images from my media library to the gravatar images in all things related to users. Thank you developers for such a useful tool.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6.1 Updated minified files. Grunt tasks. Mexican Spanish localization. Minor bug fixes. 1.6.1
2. — Version 1.6.0 Media Library support. Action and filter hooks. Brazilian Portuguese localization. French localization. Major bug fixes. 1.6.0
3. — Version 1.5.1 Minified script files. Minor bug fixes. 1.5.1
4. — Version 1.5.0 Multisite support. Dutch localization. Afrikaans localization. 1.5.0
5. — Version 1.4.0 Front-end support. Russian localization. Minor bug fixes. 1.4.0
6. — Version 1.3.0 XML-RPC support. Minor bug fixes. 1.3.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 68 languages, 11 at 90% or more

Plus 44 more locales with partial translations.

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-29 6K+ → 5K+ down after 296 days in tier
2. 2025-07-07 7K+ → 6K+ down after 220 days in tier
3. 2024-11-29 8K+ → 7K+ down after 195 days in tier
4. 2024-05-18 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-05-16 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-05-15 9K+ → 8K+ down after 178 days in tier
7. 2023-11-19 10K+ → 9K+ down after 2521 days in tier
8. 2016-12-24 9K+ → 10K+ up after 358 days in tier

Competes with

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Avatar Manager: 5K+ active installs, 4.9★ (39 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/avatar-manager