User Photo
by Weston Ruter · Login & Users
Also makes 17 other plugins · 436.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows a user to associate a photo with their account and for this photo to be displayed in their posts and comments.
46 health vs 59 average across 1,442 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 4.6.30, 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 3196 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
371
now · peak 460
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
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
10.0y ago
latest release · v0.9.10
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,462 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mahdiasadi775.7y ago
does it have any shortecode for displaying in pages?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ noticierodigital38.9y ago
Works with 4.7.6
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ markusthayer10.9y ago
Works fine!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cutero11.1y ago
Easy to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David Higgins11.6y ago
hasn’t been updated in ages, and does not work 100% in newer WordPress
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daneshva12.3y ago
Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daavem12.9y ago
Good plugin which provides basic functionality for custom user photo’s. I believe it could do with more options such as enabling for the admin panel etc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wp_ntnguy13.0y ago
This is a simple and lightweight plugin that web developers can use to include a user’s photo with their post. You need to know a little bit of PHP to take full advantage of this plugin. I like it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2012-05-08 Version 0.9.5.2 Security issue (credit Ryan Hellyer). 0.9.5.2
- 2011-02-17 Version 0.9.5 Fixing major security issue (credit ADVtools SARL). 2009-7-28 Fixed a small bug relating to line 453 changing “home” to “siteurl”. Thanks Piotr! 2009-02-13 Added Catalan localization. Thanks Robert! 2009-02-28 = Added It 0.9.5
- 2008-11-14 Version 0.9.4 Now displaying error message if wp_upload_dir() fails when trying to display a user photo. 0.9.4
- 2008-11-14 Version 0.9.3 Forcing the uploaded filename to lower-case 0.9.3
- 2008-11-03 Version 0.9.2 Updated error message to include results for wp_upload_dir() 0.9.2
- 2008-09-22 Version 0.9.1 Updated error messages to be more helpful (includes the paths in question). This will help debug some of the issues that have been raised on the forums lately. 0.9.1
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 6.1 User Photo <= 0.9.5 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗2012-05-09 CVE-2012-2920 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.9.5 Patched in 0.9.5.2
- 2011-02-18 CVE-2013-1916 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 0.9.4 Patched in 0.9.5
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 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 43 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 19 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-08 4K+ → 3K+ down after 400 days in tier
- 2025-01-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-12-25 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-23 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-22 5K+ → 4K+ down after 206 days in tier
- 2024-05-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 244 days in tier
- 2023-09-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 169 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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- S Social Photo Fetcher 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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Disable Right Click Images 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - E Easy Photo Album 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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