Provides a thumbnail area in Your Profile, for users to upload & crop new images in an overlay to be saved and stored to their profile.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
3K+
≈4K estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “form”, “list” and “people” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 260.8K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,668 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1077 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 26 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Last updated 1077 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| list your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| people your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| people lists your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user profile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “form”, “list” and “people” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.5K · peaks are release surges
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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.0y ago
latest release · v1.4.12 · 20 Nov 2023
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.
Install history since 5 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ WPVoteUser1.9y 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...)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ musictheatrechic2.3y 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
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sens410.5y ago
Does what it describes!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aparentdesign11.7y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Marcus Pearson12.0y 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”…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Landon Cahow12.3y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jabbamonkey12.4y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dichternebel12.6y ago
Works like a charm. Even in a multisite network. Thumbs up!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4.12 security vulnerability fix. 1.4.12
- — Version 1.4.11 added the Hungarian translation by feriman. 1.4.11
- — Version 1.4.10 added the Turkish translation by denizci88. 1.4.10
- — 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
- — Version 1.4.8 updated to the latest version of the timthumb 2.8.10 1.4.8
- — Version 1.4.7 SECURITY FIX 1.4.7
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.4.12). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- 2023-10-25 CVE-2023-46621 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.11 Patched in 1.4.12
- 2014-07-04 CVE-2014-4663 Improper Control of Generation of Code Affects <= 1.4.12 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 76 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 52 more locales with partial translations.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,503 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-24 4K+ → 3K+ down after 329 days in tier
- 2025-11-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 322 days in tier
- 2025-01-11 6K+ → 5K+ down after 197 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-26 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-25 7K+ → 6K+ down after 207 days in tier
- 2023-12-01 8K+ → 7K+ down after 158 days in tier
- 2023-06-26 9K+ → 8K+ down after 135 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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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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