10 Best Basic User Avatars Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Basic User Avatars has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Basic User Avatars
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User Profile Picture
Closest match4.6 (59) 40,000+ active installsSet a custom profile image (avatar) for a user using the standard WordPress media upload tool.
Shares the avatar, gravatar, user profile tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 9, 2026.
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4.6 (89) 100,000+ active installsAdds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar!
Shares the avatar, gravatar, profile tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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One User Avatar | User Profile Picture
4.7 (41) 100,000+ active installsUse any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
Shares the avatar, gravatar, profile tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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4.9 (39) 5,000+ active installsAvatar Manager for WordPress is a sweet and simple plugin for storing avatars locally and more. Easily.
Shares the gravatar, profile, users tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since February 2, 2021.
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User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor
4.7 (735) 40,000+ active installsPowerful user profile plugin to create front-end user registration forms, login & user profile forms. Includes user role editor & content restriction.
Shares the profile, user profile tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
4.6 (236) 5,000+ active installsCustom user profiles plugin ❤ with paid memberships, groups, communities, content restriction, user registration, messaging, WooCommerce memberships, …
Shares the profile, user profile tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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Author Avatars List/Block
4.8 (32) 4,000+ active installsDisplay lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.
Shares the avatar, profile tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 30 days ago.
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4.5 (29) 20,000+ active installsAllow registered users to upload & select their own avatars.
Shares the avatar, profile tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated March 28, 2026.
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Ultimate Member
Paid version availableUltimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
4.4 (1,445) 200,000+ active installsMembership & community plugin with user profiles, registration & login, member directories, content restriction, user roles and much more.
Shares the user profile tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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User Registration
Paid version availableUser Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder
4.8 (828) 50,000+ active installsBuild membership sites with tiered plans, content restriction, drag-&-drop custom registration & login form builder, and built-in payment system.
Shares the user profile tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
Switching from Basic User Avatars: common questions
What is the best alternative to Basic User Avatars?
User Profile Picture is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 40,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Basic User Avatars alternative has the most users?
Ultimate Member, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Basic User Avatars alternative is rated highest?
User Registration, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 828 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Basic User Avatars alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Basic User Avatars score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Basic User Avatars on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
User Profile Picture is the closest match to Basic User Avatars by the data we track, and Ultimate Member has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. ProfileGrid shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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