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User Avatar - Reloaded

Name: User Avatar - Reloaded
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Saad Iqbal

Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.

User Avatar ranks #7,412 among WordPress.org plugins with 800+ active installations, is #262 of 2,878 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Sep 14, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.3 (Current: 7.1)

v1.2.2 Current Version v1.2.2

Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 14 Sep, 2023

Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#262 of 2,878 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

800+

-15.2%

KW Avg Position

134.3

1.3 worse

Downloads

10.1K

+9 today

Support Resolved

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 900

Total Progress 82%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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

Sep 28, 2025 UNPATCHED

User Avatar – Reloaded [user-avatar-reloaded] <= 1.2.2 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-68080 · No fix released
Sep 25, 2023

User Avatar – Reloaded [user-avatar-reloaded] < 1.2.2

CVE-2023-4798 · Fixed in v1.2.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.2
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2023
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 6.3
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Saad Iqbal

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 2
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who want users to have custom avatars without relying on Gravatar. It solves the problem of Gravatar being the only avatar source by letting users select images from the Media Library or a site-provided default as their profile picture.

Use Media Library images as avatars
Upload custom Default Avatar
Fallback to Gravatar or Default Avatar
Disable Gravatar, use local avatars only
[avatar_upload] shortcode for standalone uploader
[avatar] shortcode for posts
Contributors and Subscribers can upload avatars
Limit upload file size and dimensions

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about User Avatar - Reloaded

First, choose a theme that has avatar support. In your theme, you have a choice of manually replacing get_avatar with get_wp_user_avatar, or leaving get_avatar as-is. Here are the differences: get_wp_user_avatar Allows you to use the values “original", “large", “medium", or “thumbnail" for your avatar size.

Allows you to use custom image sizes registered with add_image_size (fixed width and height are added to the image). Optionally adds CSS classes “alignleft", “alignright", or “aligncenter" to position your avatar. Shows nothing if the user has no WP User Avatar image. Shows the user’s Gravatar avatar or Default Avatar only if “Show Avatars" is enabled in your WP User Avatar settings. get_avatar Requires you to enable “Show Avatars" in your WP User Avatar settings to show any avatars. Accepts only numeric values for your avatar size. Always adds a fixed width and height to your image. This may cause problems if you use responsive CSS in your theme. Shows the user’s Gravatar avatar or Default Avatar if the user doesn’t have a WP User Avatar image. (Choosing “Blank" as your Default Avatar still generates a transparent image file.) Requires no changes to your theme files if you are currently using get_avatar. Read more about get_avatar in the WordPress Function Reference.

In your WP User Avatar settings, you can upload your own Default Avatar.

In your WP User Avatar settings, you can select “Disable Gravatar — Use only local avatars" to disable all Gravatar avatars on your site and replace them with your Default Avatar. This will affect your registered users and non-registered comment authors.

Yes, if you enable “Allow Contributors & Subscribers to upload avatars" in the WP User Avatar settings. These users will see a slightly different interface because they are allowed only one image upload.

Yes, for registered users. Non-registered comment authors will show their Gravatar avatars or Default Avatar.

Yes!

No, BuddyPress has its own custom avatar functions and WP User Avatar will override only some of them. It’s best to use BuddyPress without WP User Avatar.

For Administrators, WP User Avatar adds a column with avatar thumbnails to your Users list table. If “Show Avatars" is enabled in your WP User Avatar settings, you will see avatars to the left of each username instead of in a new column.

Yes, you can use the [avatar_upload] shortcode to put a standalone uploader in a front page or widget. This uploader is only visible to logged-in users. If you want to integrate the uploader into a profile edit page, see Other Notes. You can specify a user with the shortcode, but you must have 'edit_user' capability to change the user’s avatar. [avatar_upload user="admin"]