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by tomiup · Login & Users

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Allows you to use any photos uploaded into your Media Library as an avatar instead of using Gravatar.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 59 average across 1,442 Login & Users plugins

300+

Active installs

≈350 estimated

8.1K

Total downloads

since 2017

3.85★

Rating (adjusted)

3.7★ raw · 3 reviews

+58%

112

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, 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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 15/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2661 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+58% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

112

now · peak 167

11230d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Avatar · #10152 you WP User Avatars · #1301 Meks Smart Author Wi · #1665 Simple Local Avatars · #316

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.7Stars · Aug 26

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.

373per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 96%
v0.1 3.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈350

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

Install history · since 2020-10-25 · 1,382 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
7.3y ago
Added
2017-11-15 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.8
Tested up to
5.2.26
Requires PHP
5.6
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Jānis Elmeris
    4.8y ago

    Not working in 5.8.1 anymore. PHP notices in broken images. This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Jānis Elmeris.

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  2. ★★★★★ yannis7
    5.9y ago

    I tried many plugins, only this one allows avatar to be seen in blog posts with elementor. It’s perfect.

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  3. ★★★★★ Thoa Kim
    8.8y ago

    It’s really useful! Keep your good work 🙂

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-10 400+ → 300+ down after 441 days in tier
  2. 2025-04-25 500+ → 400+ down after 31 days in tier
  3. 2025-03-25 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-03-24 500+ → 400+ down after 211 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-25 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-08-24 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2024-08-21 600+ → 500+ down after 259 days in tier
  8. 2023-12-06 700+ → 600+ down after 219 days in tier

Competes with

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