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Custom Profile Picture Upload: Users can upload their own avatars directly from the frontend or the “Edit Profile” screen, allowing for a personalized profile picture experience. 
Automatic Thumbnail Generation: When users upload a new avatar, the plugin automatically generates resized images (thumbnails) for optimal display in different contexts. 
Real-Time Avatar Update: The plugin provides a smooth and intuitive user experience by allowing users to preview their avatar changes instantly, without having to refresh the page. 
Simple File Handling: Supports JPEG, PNG, and GIF formats, ensuring compatibility with common image types. 
Fully Integrated with WordPress User Profiles: The custom avatar replaces the default Gravatar for each user, while still keeping Gravatar as a fallback if no custom avatar is uploaded. 
Clean and Lightweight: Kilho’s Simple Avatar focuses on simplicity and efficiency, ensuring minimal impact on your site’s performance. 
This plugin is perfect for websites looking to provide users with more control over their profile customization, while keeping the interface simple and responsive.

Kilho's Simple Avatar

Add a simple avatar upload field to user profiles for custom profile pictures, with automatic resizing and real-time updates.

Jason Coleman

Paid Memberships Pro

Jared Atchison

<h4>Add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen so users can add a custom profile picture.</h4>
Community and Membership sites on WordPress use this plugin as a lightweight solution for custom user avatars. The plugin is compatible with bbPress, as well as many popular plugins with frontend user registration and profile management features.
Admins can upload a user’s avatar on the Edit User admin screen.
Basic User Avatars also supports front-end avatar management for sites that want to keep users out of the dashboard. To use this feature, add the shortcode <code>[basic-user-avatars]</code> to any page in your WordPress site. We recommended placing this shortcode on another logged-in account type page, such as the WooCommerce My Account page, the Membership Account page, or any other front-end profile edit form.
The Avatar Upload form is automatically added to the bbPress User Profile > Edit frontend page.
If you do not want your users to be able to update their avatar, navigate to Settings > Discussion and locate the “Local Avatar Permissions” setting. Check this box to only allow users with file upload capabilities to upload local avatars (Author role and above).
<h4>Seamlessly Migrate from WP User Avatar Plugin</h4>
Version 1.0.5 includes a feature to automatically convert avatars formerly loaded through the WP User Avatar plugin. This means that you can disable WP User Avatar, activate Basic User Avatars, and have a seamless transition for existing avatars in your site. Be sure to update any avatar upload form that used the <code>[avatar_upload]</code> shortcode to use the shortcode: <code>[basic-user-avatars]</code>.

Basic User Avatars

it may have been around for a while but this plugin still works well

still works with WP4.9.1

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

Kilho's Simple Avatar vs Basic User Avatars