Default Gravatar Sans

Reviewers say it works out of the box, cuts the calls to gravatar.com and serves local avatars instead, with open questions about how it behaves alongside Simple Local Avatars and whether BuddyPress is covered.

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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.

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 · 100% 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 today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.

1. ★★★★★ frueck24

   13.1y ago

   Still good!

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2. ★★★★★ BeautyPirate

   13.8y ago

   This works out of the box on WP 3.5 and the Twenty Twelve theme. Love it so far. It kills the calls to gravatar.com and serves local avatars. But what I don´t get is why this is supposed to be working alongside ´Simple Local Avatars (only)? So what exactly happens IF the user has a Gravatar will that be served instead because I don´t want that at all. I don´t care if users have Gravatars, I am taking care of my users privacy. One last thing: Does it support Buddypress´s uploaded Avatars? Please keep up to this, many people ask for this kind of stuff. Just call it “DISABLE GRAVATAR” and you´ll have a million downloads a day^^ And please add a donation page!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-11-01 50+ → 40+ down after 360 days in tier
2. 2025-11-06 60+ → 50+ down after 156 days in tier
3. 2025-06-03 70+ → 60+ down after 196 days in tier
4. 2024-11-19 80+ → 70+ down after 46 days in tier
5. 2024-10-04 70+ → 80+ up after 55 days in tier
6. 2024-08-10 80+ → 70+ down after 37 days in tier
7. 2024-07-04 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2024-07-02 80+ → 90+ up after 4 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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Default Gravatar Sans: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/default-gravatar-sans