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profile plugins
219 plugins in the directory carry the profile tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
219
plugins
428,360+
combined reach
31
released in 90 days
74%
quiet 18 months+
5
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | Smart Custom Display Name | 200+ | released after a long silence |
| 23 Oct 2026 | gitblock – GitHub Blocks | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Smart Custom Display Name | 200+ | changed hands |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Profile & Dashboard fields [Modify/Disable/Remove] | 200+ | released after a long silence |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Remove Profile Dropdown in Admin Bar | 10+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy The official Gravatar plugin, featuring privacy-focused settings, easy profile updates, and customizable Gravatar Profile blocks. | 100,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 days ago |
| One User Avatar | User Profile Picture Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar. | 100,000+ | 4.7★ | 2 months ago |
| Simple Local Avatars Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar! | 100,000+ | 4.6★ | 3 months ago |
| User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor Powerful user profile plugin to create front-end user registration forms, login & user profile forms. Includes user role editor & content restriction. | 40,000+ | 4.7★ | 8 days ago |
| Basic User Avatars Add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen so users can add a custom profile picture. | 20,000+ | 4.7★ | 1.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP User Avatars Allow registered users to upload and select their own avatars. | 20,000+ | 4.5★ | 22 days ago |
| Meks Smart Author Widget Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Avatar Manager Avatar Manager for WordPress is a sweet and simple plugin for storing avatars locally and more. Easily. | 5,000+ | 4.9★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities Custom user profiles plugin ❤ with paid memberships, groups, communities, content restriction, user registration, messaging, WooCommerce memberships, … | 5,000+ | 4.6★ | 11 days ago |
| WP Custom Author URL Set a custom URL for your author name link, on a global or author-specific basis. Also redirects all author pages. | 5,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 months ago |
| Author Avatars List/Block Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support. | 4,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| JSM Show User Metadata Show user metadata in a metabox when editing users - a great tool for debugging issues with user metadata. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 days ago |
| Easy Author Avatar Image Upload an author image right from your profile page with the click of a button. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 5 months ago |
| Extra User Details Add extra fields to the user profile page, saved in WordPress' native way (in wp_usermeta). | 1,000+ | 4.7★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Organic Profile Block The Organic Profile Block is a custom block for the Gutenberg content editor. It displays a profile card with an image, name, title, biography, and so … | 1,000+ | 3.8★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Visual User Description Editor Replaces the user "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Visual Editor Biography Replaces the author "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor. | 900+ | 4.8★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Admin Tweaks Customize various aspects of WordPress backend. Create a clean and easier admin area for the users. | 800+ | 4.7★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| Social Integration for BlueSky Provides auto syndication, a profile banner, and a list of your latest posts on BlueSky as Gutenberg blocks. It also adds the ability to link syndicat … | 700+ | 5.0★ | 7 months ago |
| WP User Groups Group WordPress users with custom taxonomies and terms. | 600+ | 4.3★ | 26 days ago |
| BuddyPress Profile Completion BuddyPress Profile Completion Plugin allows site admins to force BuddyPress site members to fill all required profile fields, upload profile photo and … | 500+ | 4.6★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| CiviCRM Profile Sync Keeps a WordPress User profile in sync with a CiviCRM Contact and integrates WordPress and CiviCRM Entities when using Advanced Custom Fields. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| IntenseDebate Comments IntenseDebate comments enhance and encourage conversation on your blog. Build your reader community, increase your comments, & boost pageviews. | 500+ | 2.2★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Staffer Staff management for WordPress. | 500+ | 4.3★ | 9 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Profile Menu for BuddyPress Create custom BuddyPress profile menu pages, gracefully. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Expire Passwords Require certain users to change their passwords on a regular basis. | 400+ | 4.9★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Last Name First Name ユーザー管理画面で、名前の表示順や入力順を「名」→「姓」から「姓」→「名」にします。 | 400+ | 5.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Bio Links With Bio Links plugin you can turn a single link into many. (for example, in your Instagram Profile Bio). A helpful tool direct your visitors where t … | 300+ | 5.0★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Avatar Allows you to use any photos uploaded into your Media Library as an avatar instead of using Gravatar. | 300+ | 3.7★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Register Profile With Shortcode This is a simple registration form in the widget. just install the plugin and add the register widget in the sidebar. Thats it. :) | 300+ | 3.5★ | 4 months ago |
| BuddyPress to WordPress Full Sync BuddyPress to WordPress Full Sync lets BuddyPress xProfile fields to synchronize with WordPress user fields | 200+ | 4.8★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Profile & Dashboard fields [Modify/Disable/Remove] [ ✅ 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 b𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝓋𝑜𝓍 ] Prevent users from modifying specific Profile & Dashboard fields. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 15 days ago |
| Personal Contact Info Widget Add a custom Widget to display your profile photo, social media links and contact information. | 200+ | 3.8★ | 9 years ago · quiet |
| Smart Custom Display Name Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string | 200+ | 5.0★ | 14 days ago |
| WP User Activity Log, sort, and filter user activity in WordPress. | 200+ | 3.3★ | 21 days ago |
| WP User Profiles A sophisticated way to edit users in WordPress. | 200+ | 4.3★ | 26 days ago |
| AP Gravatars A simple plugin that adds the gravatar photo associated with the user's email to their profile page... MultiSite compatable! | 100+ | — | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Author Spotlight (Widget) A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on any Page or Post along with Social web links. | 100+ | 4.5★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Author Profile Widget Author Profile Widget add authors list widget and profile widget. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| bbp profile information For bbPress - adds fields to the bbp user profile and displays any combination of these under the authors avatar in topics and replies | 100+ | 4.2★ | 3 months ago |
| Profile Card Block display profile in card formate in your wordpress-site with custom block. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| BuddyPress Admin Only Profile Fields Easily set the visibility of BuddyPress profile fields to hidden, allowing only admin users to edit and view them. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| BP Login Redirect Allows to decide buddypress website admins where their users should land after log in. | 100+ | 3.6★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Cat Generator Avatars This plugin integrates the Cat Generator Avatars avatar into WordPress, BuddyPress and Ultimate Member. | 100+ | 4.7★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress Allows users to take control of the way that the links in their Buddypress profiles are handled. | 100+ | 3.3★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Gravity Forms – Tab Index Gravity Forms Add On. Adds custom tabindex field to the "Advanced" tab for form fields. | 100+ | 4.1★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Direct Password Reset Link | Share a password reset link to the user It shows you a password reset link in the user profile page and in the users list page. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Edit Howdy This plugin allows you to change the "Howdy" message to whatever text message you would like. | 100+ | 3.0★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| FP LinkedIn Profile Bring your LinkedIn profiles to your site to help users discover common professional connections. This plugin embed Profile summary card directly on y … | 100+ | 4.5★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| TechGasp Link Master TechGasp Link Master, if you are serious about your linkedin connections and want to integrate your personal linkedin page, company follow button and … | 100+ | 2.3★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
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