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title: "How to Add a Custom User Avatar in WordPress?"
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date: 2025-05-26
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author: "Aditya Sharma"
description: "Do you want to add a custom image as your user avatar in your WordPress profile? By default, WordPress relies on Gravatar to display user profile images, but at times..."
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# How to Add a Custom User Avatar in WordPress?

## Key Takeaways

- WordPress relies on Gravatar by default for user profile images, but a custom image can match branding.
- Nexter Extension (Free) and Nexter Extension (Pro) let a user use any image as a WordPress profile image.
- Nexter Extension Pro adds Custom User Avatar under Nexter > Extensions > Utilities, and enabling the toggle shows an image option on profile edit pages.

Do you want to add a custom image as your user avatar in your WordPress profile? By default, WordPress relies on Gravatar to display user profile images, but at times you may want to use a custom image as a profile image to match your branding. 

With the Nexter Extension (Free) and Nexter Extension (Pro) plugins, you can easily use any image as your WordPress profile image.

[LIVE EXTENSION LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-extensions/custom-user-avatar-in-wordpress/)

 

## Learn via Video Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy2tZnM6HaU&t=329s

## How to Add a Custom User Avatar with the Nexter Extension Pro?

To use any image as a profile image with Nexter Extension Pro, from the WordPress Dashboard, go to **Nexter **>** Extensions** > **Utilities**.

Then go to the **Custom User Avatar **section and enable the toggle.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/enable-custom-user-avatar-new.png)

Now, if you go to your or any other user's profile edit page on your site, you’ll see an option to add an image. 

You can easily use any image from the WordPress media library as the profile image.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/add-user-profile-image.png)

Now, for that particular user, you’ll see your selected image as the profile image.