User Profile Picture - Custom Local Avatars
by Dew Technolab 5 (2 reviews)

User Profile Picture - Custom Local Avatars

Replace Gravatar with a custom profile picture from your Media Library, shown everywhere WordPress displays avatars. Lightweight, no settings.

User Profile Picture ranks #3,329 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #135 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Oct 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.0.10 Current Version v1.0.10
Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 24 Oct, 2026
Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on
#135 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 5% by installs Downloads -54.4% this week Actively maintained
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4K+
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KW Avg Position
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16.9K
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Review 5 out of 5
5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators and users who want personalized profile images. It solves the problem of setting a custom profile picture using the standard WordPress media upload tool.

  • Custom profile image upload
  • Uses standard media upload tool

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about User Profile Picture - Custom Local Avatars

Open the user's profile (Users > Profile, or Users > All Users > Edit), click Upload under Profile Picture, choose an image and click Update Profile.
Administrators, and other users who can edit users. They can set a picture for any user, including themselves.
Everywhere WordPress shows that user's avatar: comments, author boxes, the admin toolbar, the Users list, the Avatar block, and themes and plugins that use the standard get_avatar() or get_avatar_url() functions. The REST API's avatar_urls and plugins that read the avatar URL (page builder widgets, GraphQL APIs) get the custom picture as well.
Open the user's profile, click Remove under the picture and click Update Profile. The user gets their Gravatar or the default avatar again.
No. A user with a custom profile picture gets it from your site. Users without one keep their Gravatar or the default avatar set in Settings > Discussion.
Use get_avatar( $user_id, 96 ) as usual. To print only the custom picture, use dew_profile_img( $user_id, array( 'size' => array( 96, 96 ) ) ). Add CSS classes with the dpp_avatar_classes filter.
In the media uploader, click Edit Image to crop or scale the picture with the WordPress image editor before you choose it.
Yes. The picture is stored with the user, so it is shown on every site in the network.
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