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Basic User Avatars

v1.0.9Not updated in over a year

Add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen so users can add a custom profile picture.

by Jared Atchison · Website

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Rank
#1,188 24h -1 · 7d -1
Est. installs
27,948 High confidence
Total downloads
206K all time
Rating
4.7 ★ 42 reviews
Official installs
20,000+ public bucket
Support threads
0 last 2 months
Support resolved
— of threads
Tested up to
WP 6.7.10 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

1.9 years ago

Last release

Version
1.0.9
Requires WP
5.2
Requires PHP
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On WP.org since
2014

About Basic User Avatars

Basic User Avatars is a WordPress plugin by Jared Atchison, first published on WordPress.org in 2014. It has 20,000+ active installations and 205,652 downloads in total, and ranks #1,188 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 1 place. Users rate it 4.7 out of 5 across 42 reviews. Version 1.0.9 was released 1.9 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 6.7.10 and requires WordPress 5.2 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under avatar, gravatar, profile, user profile and users. Plugins with a similar focus include User Profile Picture, One User Avatar and Simple Local Avatars.

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