Default Gravatar Sans
by raohmaru · Login & Users
Disables Gravatar.com avatar, and allows one local default avatar image for users without avatar in his profile.
45 health vs 62 average across 720 Login & Users plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3209 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 75
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-06 60+ → 50+ down after 156 days in band
- 2025-06-03 70+ → 60+ down after 196 days in band
- 2024-11-19 80+ → 70+ down after 46 days in band
- 2024-10-04 70+ → 80+ up after 55 days in band
- 2024-08-10 80+ → 70+ down after 37 days in band
- 2024-07-04 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-07-02 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-06-28 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple User Avatar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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