#311 by installs
Simple Local Avatars
Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar!
- Installs
- 100,000+
- Rating
- 4.6 (89)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
User Profile Picture
Set a custom profile image (avatar) for a user using the standard WordPress media upload tool.
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- #892 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 1.1M
- 1,071,881
- Downloads, 30 days
- 5.8K
- 1.7K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5
- 59 reviews
- Last updated
- 4 months ago
- Jul 9, 2026
- Version
- 2.6.4
- 58 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | July 9, 2026Updated in the last year |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0.8Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.6 or newer |
| First published | May 9, 2012 |
| Support, last two months | No threads opened |
Reviews
4.6 / 5 from 59 reviews
| 5 stars | 52 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 0 |
| 3 stars | 3 |
| 2 stars | 1 |
| 1 star | 3 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
User Profile Picture is no longer under active development, but will continue to work as is. We have integrated the current functionality in Profile Builder where it will actively be maintained, and we recommend migrating to it.
Set or remove a custom profile image for a user using the standard WordPress media upload tool.
View Documentation and Examples
Users must have the ability to upload images (typically author role or greater). You can use the plugin Profile Builder to allow other roles (e.g. subscribers) the ability to upload images.
A template tag is supplied for outputting to a theme and the option to override a user’s default avatar is also available.
Documentation and Feedback
See the documentation on GitHub.
Please Rate the Plugin.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
How do you set a user profile image?
- Visit the profile page you would like to edit.
- Click on the profile picture to add, edit, or remove the profile picture.
What role does a user have to be to set a profile image?
Author or greater.
How do I create specific thumbnail sizes?
As of 1.5, three image sizes are created: profile_24, profile_48, and profile_96. You are not limited to these sizes, however.
Does the plugin work with Multisite?
Yes, but you’ll have to set a new profile image per site. This is currently a limitation of the way the plugin stores its data. Ideas to overcome this are welcome.
Latest changelog entry
- Released 2026-07-07
- Security fix: hardened the AJAX and REST endpoints that set, retrieve, and remove profile pictures against Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) access. Requests are now validated so a user can only act on their own profile picture (unless they have the capability to edit other users), and the referenced post must be the user’s own profile-picture post.
- Security hardening: validated that the referenced media is a real attachment before it is assigned, and required an authenticated capability check on the profile-image REST route.
Screenshots
Profile page options. 
Media upload dialog. 
Gutenberg settings back-end 
Gutenberg profile front-end
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.