Avatarly – Custom User Avatars & Local Profile Pictures
by saumya010 · Login & Users
Also makes 3 other plugins · 140+ installs across the portfolio →
Custom user avatars with no Gravatar account required: upload and manage a local profile picture from any WordPress profile.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “avatar” for “local avatar”. “avatar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “local avatar” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 507 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 60 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →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.
34
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
+1.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| profile picture your tag | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| local avatar | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| avatar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gravatar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| upload your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user profile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “avatar” for “local avatar”. “avatar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “local avatar” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 23 Jul 2026 · 101 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 205 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →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.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Custom user avatars with no Gravatar account required: upload and manage a local profile picture from any W..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Zoom.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,837 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "user profile" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Custom Profile Picture – Replace Gravatar with Your Own Images 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B -
Easy Avatar Upload 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Easy Author Avatar Image 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
User Avatar – Reloaded 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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