Plugin info

Total downloads: 1,080
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 5 language(s)
Contributors: 10
Last updated: 9/9/2025 (113 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/7/2024 (1 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 6.2
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Maintained • Last updated 113 days ago

50/100

Is Frontend User Avatar abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 113 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.2
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Description

Effortlessly manage and display your user profile avatar from the frontend.

Use the [frontend-user-avatar] shortcode to allow users to upload or update their avatar directly on your site.
Additionally, the [frontend-avatar-preview] shortcode provides a real-time preview of the current avatar, enhancing the user experience with a visual confirmation before any changes are made.

Installation

This plugin can be installed directly from your site.

  1. Log in and navigate to Plugins > Add New.
  2. Type “Frontend User Avatar” into the Search and hit Enter.
  3. Locate the Frontend User Avatar plugin in the list of search results and click Install Now.
  4. Once installed, click the Activate link.

It can also be installed manually.

  1. Download the Frontend User Avatar plugin from WordPress.org.
  2. Unzip the package and move to your plugins directory.
  3. Log into WordPress and navigate to the Plugins screen.
  4. Locate Frontend User Avatar in the list and click the Activate link.

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Changelog

1.1.0

  • Added more spacing after avatar submit buttons
  • Added a Delete Button to reset the avatar

1.0.6

  • Added helper text to upload new avatar
  • Added more space after upload new avatar button

1.0.5

Added Shortcode Parameters

  • Now the the [frontend-user-avatar] and [frontend-avatar-preview] shortcodes have a ‘width’ and ‘height’ parameters, to let users adjust the image preview size
  • Added a ‘frontend-avatar-preview’ class to the [frontend-avatar-preview] shortcode image

1.0.4

Improved Plugin Description

  • Now the plugin description includes both shortcodes [frontend-user-avatar] and [frontend-avatar-preview]

1.0.3

**Improved ‘Save Avatar’ button for the [frontend-user-avatar] shortcode

  • Now the ‘Save Avatar’ button of this shortcode will be disabled until the user uploads an image

1.0.2

Improved image preview design and added a preview shortcode

  • Improved the image preview design to make more clear how to upload and update the avatar
  • Added a second shortcode [frontend-avatar-preview] to display your current avatar

1.0.1

Improved form design

  • Improved design to have an image preview on the shortcode

1.0.0

Frontend User Avatar

  • First upload