Local Avatars by Nocksoft
by Rafael @ Nocksoft · Uncategorized
Adds support for local avatars as an alternative to Gravatar.
57 health vs 62 average across 5,305 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 608 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
44
now · peak 139
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-28 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-26 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-09-23 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in band
- 2025-09-15 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-13 100+ → 200+ up after 77 days in band
- 2025-06-28 200+ → 100+ down after 23 days in band
- 2025-06-05 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-05-29 200+ → 100+ 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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Custom Post Avatar 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Simple User Avatar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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