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Custom User Avatar Free

Upload a profile picture in WordPress

Let each user choose a profile picture from the media library. It replaces their Gravatar everywhere on the site, and they can switch back in one click.

Download free or read the Custom User Avatar docs

Free on WordPress.org, with nothing locked behind Pro.

in the free plugin
Free
last improved in
3.2.7
Admin Tools modules
12
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Why you need Custom User Avatar

WordPress only shows Gravatar images, so team pages and author boxes show grey silhouettes unless each person signs up to a separate service.

What Custom User Avatar does

  • Upload from the profile screen

    Pick an image from the media library, with a live preview.

  • Used everywhere

    The custom avatar replaces the Gravatar across the site.

  • One-click revert

    Go back to Gravatar at any time.

Where Custom User Avatar helps

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    Author boxes and team pages

    Real photos for every author without a Gravatar account.

Custom User Avatar vs Simple Local Avatars

Simple Local Avatars has 100k+ active installs on WordPress.org. If you only need this one job, that’s a fine choice. If the site also needs other modules on this list, it’s one less plugin to update.

The difference
Custom User Avatar does the same core job inside WP Extended, so it shares one settings screen, one update and one support team with every other module you use.

Recent changes

The latest updates to Custom User Avatar, from the WP Extended changelog.

Full changelog
  1. v3.2.7 21 Jun 2026
    • added

      Upload a custom profile picture from the WordPress profile screen, with live preview and one-click revert to Gravatar. Applies site-wide.

Custom User Avatar questions

Custom User Avatar documentation

Yes. It is included in the free plugin.

Pairs well with

All Admin Tools

Get Custom User Avatar free

Custom User Avatar is in the free plugin on WordPress.org, alongside 34 other free modules you can switch on when you need them.

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