User Profile Picture – Custom Local Avatars
by Dew Technolab · Login & Users
Also makes 4 other plugins · 5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Replace Gravatar with a custom profile picture from your Media Library, shown everywhere WordPress displays avatars. Lightweight, no settings.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
4K+
≈4.9K estimated
Momentum
-14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 52/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
81 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →14%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 27.7K 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.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 7 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
34%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| picture | #2 | #12 | 0 |
| profile picture your tag | #2 | #12 | 0 |
| local avatar your tag | #2 | #11 | 0 |
| custom profile picture | #2 | #13 | up 1 |
| user profile picture | #3 | #18 | 0 |
| custom avatar your tag | #4 | #20 | 0 |
| picture in picture | #2 | #10 | 0 |
| picture profile | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| avatar your tag | #6 | #21 | up 3 |
| profile | #7 | #21 | down 1 |
| custom profile | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| avatars | #7 | #21 | 0 |
| gravatar | #6 | #19 | up 4 |
| custom gravatar | #3 | #16 | up 1 |
| user avatar your tag | #10 | #21 | up 12 |
| user profile | #12 | #24 | down 5 |
| local | #17 | #21 | down 1 |
| profile fields | #11 | #22 | up 3 |
| profile widget | #11 | #22 | down 1 |
| author profile | #11 | #19 | 0 |
78 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 48 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “custom profile”, “profile” and “profile fields” (#6, #7 and #11 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.3K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
7d ago
latest release · v1.0.10 · 24 Oct 2026
11
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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Hub505010mo ago
Easy to use and does exactly what I would expect without any unnecessary functionality. It is nice to have a way for updating user profile pictures and not having to use a Graviar or something else. I hope that this plugin will be maintained going forward as it is greatly appreciated. This topic was modified 6 months ago by Hub5050. Reason: Changed the title to be more appropriate
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ designwise3.7y ago
Admins who need to add profile photos for users who do not have avatars can do so with this “plain vanilla” plugin, nothing fancy, just plain functional. Scroll down to the bottom of the user settings to see the new option.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0.6 Added compatibility with WordPress version 7.0.0. 1.0.6
- — Version 1.0.5 Added compatibility with WordPress version 6.7.1. 1.0.5
- — Version 1.0.4 Added compatibility with WordPress version 6.0. Other minor bug fixes. 1.0.4
- — Version 1.0.3 Added compatibility with PHP version 8.0. Added compatibility with WordPress version 5.6. Other minor bug fixes. 1.0.3
- — Version 1.0.2 Change 1.0.2
- — Version 1.0.1 Fix error 1.0.1
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.10). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2021-06-28 CVE-2021-24473 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects < 2.6.0 Patched in 2.6.0
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 7.0
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Replace Gravatar with a custom profile picture from your Media Library, shown everywhere WordPress displays..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API, Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,089 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom avatar", "user avatar" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 110 days in tier
- 2025-07-15 2K+ → 3K+ up after 165 days in tier
- 2025-01-31 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-29 1K+ → 2K+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 445 days in tier
- 2023-09-12 1K+ → 2K+ up after 115 days in tier
- 2023-05-20 900+ → 1K+ up after 11 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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Real Simple Avatar 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Custom Profile Picture – Replace Gravatar with Your Own Images 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Advanced User Avatar | Custom Profile Picture Uploader for WordPress, WooCommerce, and BuddyPress 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Leenkat Profile Avatar Manager 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Avatar 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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