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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

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 · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

1. ★★★★★ WPVoteUser

   1.7y ago

   Unfortunately, all the issues about the existing errors and even the review from July 2024 does not seems to motivate the plugin author to fix them. Is he/she still around or is this one of the abandoned plugins? The plugin itself would show a picture for the logged in blog user. But with all the existing errors in the dashboard its hard not to remove this plugin. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by WPVoteUser. Reason: Adjustet the star rating (default is 5 stars...)

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2. ★★★★★ musictheatrechic

   2.1y ago

   Hello, for some reason I am getting this error at the top of wordpress. Warning: Undefined array key “user_id” in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/user-avatar/user-avatar.php on line 637 Warning: Undefined array key “u” in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/user-avatar/user-avatar.php on line 638 How can I fix this please? my website is http://www.winterhavenfoodtours.com

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3. ★★★★★ Sens4

   10.3y ago

   Does what it describes!

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4. ★★★★★ aparentdesign

   11.5y ago

   After install, I noticed the addition of my gravatar in my profile, just kind of floating around in the color settings area. I clicked update, browsed to my new picture, and clicked upload. The screen that came up had this error, and a blank area for cropping the picture: Warning: basename() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in D:\pathtomywebsite\wp-content\plugins\user-avatar\user-avatar.php on line 281 So I’ll be deleting this plugin.

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5. ★★★★★ Marcus Pearson

   11.9y ago

   Nice plugin, but removed it really quickly, as it corrupts images quality, after you upload an image (it was small PNG avatar in my case), it becomes “damaged”…

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6. ★★★★★ Landon Cahow

   12.2y ago

   The plugin was working for a while but recently the images will not appear on the front end and the attempts to upload a new photo fail.

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7. ★★★★★ jabbamonkey

   12.2y ago

   After uploading an image, it goes into the cropping window… When I crop the image, and click CROP, I get an error message… Image could not be processed. Please go back and try again. So, the plugin isn’t working for me.

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8. ★★★★★ dichternebel

   12.4y ago

   Works like a charm. Even in a multisite network. Thumbs up!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.12 security vulnerability fix. 1.4.12
2. — Version 1.4.11 added the Hungarian translation by feriman. 1.4.11
3. — Version 1.4.10 added the Turkish translation by denizci88. 1.4.10
4. — Version 1.4.9 made it work with 3.4.1 again Thanks juanmatias for the fix allowed the user with ‘edit_user’ capability to update other peoples profiles thanks to greekdish 1.4.9
5. — Version 1.4.8 updated to the latest version of the timthumb 2.8.10 1.4.8
6. — Version 1.4.7 SECURITY FIX 1.4.7

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 6.1 User Avatar <= 1.4.11 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-10-25 CVE-2023-46621 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.11 Patched in 1.4.12
2. Critical · 9.8 TimThumb <= 2.8.13 - Remote Code Execution ↗
   2014-07-04 CVE-2014-4663 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affects <= 1.4.12 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1

Translated into 75 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 51 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 322 days in tier
2. 2025-01-11 6K+ → 5K+ down after 197 days in tier
3. 2024-06-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2024-06-26 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-06-25 7K+ → 6K+ down after 207 days in tier
6. 2023-12-01 8K+ → 7K+ down after 158 days in tier
7. 2023-06-26 9K+ → 8K+ down after 135 days in tier
8. 2023-02-11 10K+ → 9K+ down

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).

• MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• M MW WP Form 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
• Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Newsletters, Email Marketing, SMS and Popups by Omnisend 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress 100K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B

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