Me Widget
Me Widget is a widget designed to be used with WordPress 3.9 sites, and requires having a Gravatar profile. Me Widget is similar to Jetpacks Gravatar Profile Widget but provides extra customization like using a avatar…
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Me Widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 12 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Me Widget stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| avatar | >100 |
| contact | >100 |
| contact info | >100 |
| gravatar | >100 |
| profile | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Me Widget
From the official readme · v1.0Description
Me Widget is a widget designed to be used with WordPress 3.9 sites, and requires
having a Gravatar profile. Me Widget is similar to
Jetpacks Gravatar Profile Widget
but provides extra customization like using a avatar not on your Gravatar
profile or adding custom class tag to your avatar image easily from your
Features
- Avatar : Display your Gravatar or a custom avatar.
- Profile Info : Display some, all, or none of the personal information
from your Gravatar profile. - Customize : the way your avatar and profile data is displayed using
preset styles. - CSS : Easy to edit or make your own styles by adding the style
template to your existing style sheet - Social Icons* : Displays icons for your verified accounts from your
Wordpress profile.
*Icons are provided by Font Awesome 4.1.0
created by Dave Gandy, the
font\’s cheat sheet is found here,
and the list that the widget recognizes is found here
(This list may not be complete, if there is an icon that is
in Awesome Fonts that should be included in this list please let me know).
Installation
Requirements: WordPress 3.9.* and PHP 5.
- Upload the entire me-widget folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the \’Plugins\’ menu in WordPress.
For more information on how to set up the widget please go to the Me Widget site.
Setup
- Place the widget into one of your side bars then under the
widget option first put in aGravatar Accountemail you wish to display thensave.
If the email that was entered is valid you can then begin to select some of the options. - A small preview of the data that is contained within each option will be shown
to the right of the check box label. If no data was retrieved for that item it
will be left blank. - If you would like an image other than the one provided by Gravatar, enter
the url to the image in theCustom Image Urltext box. - With
Image sizeyou can set the pixel width of the image (Note: this
is not the same as the display width). This option is not available for custom
images. - You can add attributes by listing them in
Image attributestext box.
Example:
width=30%, class=thumbnail right-align
gets converted to
Styling
A few styles have already been provided for you but you will most likely want to
make more. An example CSS has been provided for you in the css folder named
me-widget-example.css.
Simply fill it in with your own styles. For images you can make your own
selectors then add them using the Image attributes dialog.
More styles would be great. If you have one you would like to add to the widget
just give me a pull request at the site page.
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FAQ
Me Widget: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 13, 2026
Is Me Widget free?
Yes. Me Widget is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Me Widget safe to use in 2026?
Me Widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Me Widget?
Me Widget is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,526 times since it launched in August 2014. It was downloaded 165 times in the last 30 days.
Does Me Widget work with WordPress 7.1?
Me Widget is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Me Widget last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on August 12, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes Me Widget?
Me Widget is developed and maintained by Kyly.
What are the best alternatives to Me Widget?
The most popular alternatives to Me Widget are Gravatar Enhanced (100K+ installs), Simple Local Avatars (100K+ installs) and One User Avatar (100K+ installs).
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