Custom Profile Picture – Replace Gravatar with Your Own Images
by Iftakharul Islam · Login & Users
Also makes 4 other plugins · 300+ installs across the portfolio →
Replace default Gravatars with custom profile pictures! Upload from media library or device. Bulk manage all users from one beautiful admin page.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈310 estimated
Momentum
+54%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “avatar”, “user profile” and “custom avatar” for “picture”, “custom profile” and “gravatars”. “avatar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “picture” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user profile” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “custom profile” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “custom avatar” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “gravatars” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →13%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 2.3K 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.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 125 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
2%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom profile picture | #3 | #15 | down 1 |
| profile picture your tag | #4 | #17 | 0 |
| gravatar your tag | #4 | #13 | 0 |
| picture | #6 | #19 | down 1 |
| custom gravatar | #2 | #10 | 0 |
| custom profile | #7 | #22 | 0 |
| gravatars | #7 | #18 | down 1 |
| own | #10 | #24 | down 1 |
| picture profile | #4 | #18 | 0 |
| pictures | #12 | #22 | down 1 |
| custom avatar your tag | #14 | #23 | down 2 |
| picture in picture | #6 | #18 | down 1 |
| profile card | #11 | #19 | down 1 |
| user profile picture | #7 | #21 | down 2 |
| profile | #20 | #24 | up 2 |
| add pictures | #10 | #20 | up 2 |
| profile widget | #23 | #24 | down 2 |
| buddypress profile | #24 | #24 | — |
| id replace | #17 | #22 | down 1 |
| user profile image | #18 | #24 | down 2 |
| avatar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user profile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
75 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 54 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “avatar”, “user profile” and “custom avatar” for “picture”, “custom profile” and “gravatars”. “avatar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “picture” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user profile” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “custom profile” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “custom avatar” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “gravatars” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “custom avatar”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 27 Jul 2025 · 462 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 369 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.0.7 · 29 Jun 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 34 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 300.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 79 days.
Install history since 27 Jul 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ 4wdabcwebmaster4mo ago
After I posted in the support forum about it not working properly, the author responded within hours that it had been updated for WordPress 7.0 support. When that update crashed, he sent another less than an hour later. Now it works perfectly and does exactly what I needed!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Fahmid Hasan6mo ago
Very easy to use for updating gravatar images as admin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daniellerias9mo ago
Massive DB queries on wordpress instalation. Suspected of possible AI bot training backdoor. Going to review the plugin code for confirmation. This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by daniellerias.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jamescarson2510mo ago
To have control over the picture you want to use, this plugin is the best one for that.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Replace default Gravatars with custom profile pictures! Upload from media library or device. Bulk manage al..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "for developers").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 15 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,452 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom avatar" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-28 200+ → 300+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 100+ → 200+ up after 89 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 90+ → 100+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-04-03 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-30 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-26 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
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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Avatarly – Custom User Avatars & Local Profile Pictures 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
User Profile Picture – Custom Local Avatars 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
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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