User Avatar – Reloaded
by Saad Iqbal · Login & Users
Also makes 51 other plugins · 1.3M+ installs across the portfolio →
Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
800+
≈880 estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “author image”, “author photo” and “avatar” 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.
49 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.9%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 11.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users 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
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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 1143 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| author image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| author photo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| avatar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gravatar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user profile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “author image”, “author photo” and “avatar” 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 913 · 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
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
3.1y ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 14 Sep 2023
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 900.
Install history since 20 Mar 2022
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.2.2). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 User Avatar - Reloaded <= 1.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-28 CVE-2025-68080 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.2 No patch available
- Patched Medium · 6.4 User Avatar – Reloaded <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-09-25 CVE-2023-4798 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.1 Patched in 1.2.2
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 6.3.1
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your o..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,734 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "author-image", "author-photo" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-27 900+ → 800+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-08-14 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-12 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-08-10 900+ → 800+ down after 127 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 900+ → 1K+ up after 36 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 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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User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Easy Author Avatar Image 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Custom Profile Picture – Replace Gravatar with Your Own Images 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Avatarly – Custom User Avatars & Local Profile Pictures 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Rathly Profile Avatars — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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