Avatar Privacy is the #218 ranked block-enabled app on WordPress, with a 5.0 average rating from 25 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Avatar Privacy is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by pepe. With a rating of 5.0★ from 25 reviews, it currently ranks #218 in the Block-enabled category.
AppRanks data: Avatar Privacy ranks #218 in Block-enabled on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 52% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Avatar Privacy is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Block-enabled category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 25 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by pepe — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (25) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Avatar Privacy works
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Avatars from Gravatar.com are great, but they come with certain privacy implications. You as site admin may already know this, but your visitors and users probably don’t. Avatar Privacy can help to improve the privacy situation by making some subtle changes to the way avatars are displayed on your site.
The plugin works without changing your theme files (for reasonably modern themes), and it does support multisite installations. Please note that the plugin does not provide an options page of its own, it rather adds to the existing discussion settings page.
Features The plugin’s features summed up:
Self-uploaded avatars for users (and custom default images), hosted on your server.
Users and commenters explicitly opt-in before using gravatars.
Gravatar caching to ensure the privacy of your website visitors.
Don’t publish weakly encrypted e-mail addresses of comment authors.
A more detailed examination of the reasons for using Avatar Privacy can be found on the plugin homepage.
WP-CLI Commands Avatar Privacy includes the following WP-CLI commands:
wp avatar-privacy db show: Show information about the custom database table(s).
wp avatar-privacy db list: List entries in the custom database table(s).
wp avatar-privacy db create: Create the custom database table.
wp avatar-privacy db upgrade: Upgrade the structure of the custom database table.
wp avatar-privacy default get-custom-default-avatar: Show information about the custom default avatar for the site.
wp avatar-privacy default set-custom-default-avatar: Set a custom default avatar for the site.
wp avatar-privacy default delete-custom-default-avatar: Delete the custom default avatar for the site.
wp avatar-privacy cron list: List active cron jobs created by the plugin.
wp avatar-privacy cron delete: Delete cron jobs created by the plugin.
wp avatar-privacy user set-local-avatar: Set a local avatar image for a user.
wp avatar-privacy user delete-local-avatar: Delete the local avatar image for a user.
wp avatar-privacy uninstall: Remove data added by Avatar Privacy.
Feedback Please report any problems with the plugin, I’ll do my best to sort things out. You can use the contact form on my code site or create a topic in the support forum. You can contact me in German or English.
Credits Avatar Privacy is based on the original plugin by Johannes Freudendahl. The new release also includes work by several other people:
Daniel Mester Pirttijärvi (Jdenticon),
Shamus Young (Wavatars),
Andreas Gohr (the original MonsterID and RingIcon),
Scott Sherrill-Mix & Katherine Garner (the hand-drawn monster update)
Benjamin Laugueux, Grummfy, Lucas Michot & Arjen van der Meijden (Identicon),
David Revoy (Bird and Cat Avatars),
Zikri Kader, Colin Davis & Nimiq (RoboHash), and
Johanna Amann (the Avatar Privacy icon).
Category rankings
As of Sep 5, 2026- Block-enabled#218of 427Top 52%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Avatar Privacy stands in the Block-enabled category
Avatar Privacy ranks #218 of 427 apps in the Block-enabled category, placing it in the top 52% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Avatar Privacy?
Avatar Privacy is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 25 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Block-enabled category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by pepe.
Who uses Avatar Privacy?
Currently around 1,000 active stores have installed Avatar Privacy. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Block-enabled category on WordPress.
Where does Avatar Privacy rank on WordPress?
Avatar Privacy currently sits at position #218 in the Block-enabled category on WordPress. That places it in the top 51% of 427 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.