by Paul Bearne 4.8 (32 reviews)

Author Avatars List/Block

Name: Author Avatars List/Block
Rating: 4.8 (32 reviews)
Author: Paul Bearne

Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.

Author Avatars List/Block ranks #3,582 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, a 4.8/5 rating from 32 reviews, and was last updated Aug 7, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.2.0 Current Version v2.2.0

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 07 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 6 days ago Last Refreshed on

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Review 4.8 out of 5

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Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Feb 23, 2026 UNPATCHED

Author Avatars List/Block [author-avatars] <= 2.2.0 (unfixed)

CVE-2026-39690 · No fix released
Jan 7, 2025

Author Avatars List/Block [author-avatars] < 2.1.24

CVE-2025-22804 · Fixed in v2.1.24
Sep 30, 2024

Author Avatars List/Block [author-avatars] < 2.1.22

CVE-2024-47370 · Fixed in v2.1.22
Dec 6, 2023

Author Avatars List/Block [author-avatars] < 2.1.19

CVE-2023-49846 · Fixed in v2.1.19

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.2.0
Last Updated: Aug 07, 2026
Requires WP: 6.1+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Paul Bearne

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 32
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for administrators of multiuser or multisite WordPress sites who want to display user avatars. It solves the problem of showing lists or single instances of user avatars, grouped by role or blog, via widgets, shortcodes, or Gutenberg blocks.

Gutenberg block support
Widget and shortcode display
TinyMCE editor plugin
Group avatars by user role
Multisite/WPMU blog grouping
Co-Author Plus, Ultimate Member, BuddyPress support
Adjustable avatar size and alignment
Limit avatars with page_size

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Author Avatars List/Block

A shortcode is a tag like [authoravatars] which you can insert into a page or post to display a list of users on that post/page. You can read more about shortcodes in general in the wordpress codex, for example here or here.

As of version 0.6 the plugin comes with a tinymce plugin which makes it very easy to insert shortcode(s). If you'd like to do it manually it's still simple: just add [authoravatars] into your post and hit save! There's a large number of parameters available. The plugin comes with two shortcodes: [authoravatars] for lists of avatars and [show_avatar] for single avatars. I can't get my widget to show users from multiple blogs! Make sure you have enabled the "blog filter" in Site Admin / Author Avatars for the blog on which you are trying to use this feature on. By default this is only enabled for the root blog (blog id = 1).

No, the Author Avatars List plugin only provides ways of displaying user avatars. The plugin uses the Wordpress Core Template function get_avatar() to retrieve the actual avatar images. In order to display custom images you need to look for plugins which use/override WordPress' avatar features and provide respective upload features... Have a look at the User Photo Plugin (turn on option "Override Avatar with User Photo") or the Add Local Avatar Plugin. I get a "404 Page not found" error when I click on the avatar of a user! This can happens when you've choosen to link users to their "author page" and the user has not written any posts on a blog. There are two things that you should do in this situation: To prevent the 404 page from showing up install the Show authors without posts Plugin. This forces WordPress to always show the user page if the user exists. If not already there add a custom user/author template to your theme. Otherwise if a user has no posts their user page is going to be quite empty by default... You can find a tutorial on Author Templates as well as a Sample Template File in the WordPress Codex.

Wordpress Core unfortunately strips all html from the user biography field when entered. Install the plugin Weasel's HTML Bios if you want to use html...

The styling of the widget is controlled by the styles defined in css/widgets.css, avatars on posts/pages (using the shortcode) are styled by code in css/shortcode.css. You can override the styles in that file by copying a style block to your theme's style.css and adjusting respectively. For example add the following to remove the padding from avatars displayed in a widget: html .widget_author_avatars .author-list .user { padding: 0; } demo edit

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