amdevbro

AM-Avatar is a lightweight and efficient WordPress plugin that allows users to upload custom profile pictures directly from their user profile page.
Key features: 
* Automatic WebP Conversion: All uploaded images are automatically converted to WebP format for superior performance and smaller file sizes. 
* Smart Integration: Seamlessly replaces the default Gravatar section on the profile page using a native-looking interface. 
* Organized Storage: Keeps your uploads folder clean by storing all avatars in a dedicated <code>/uploads/am-avatar/</code> directory. 
* Settings Page: Includes a dedicated settings menu to manage plugin preferences. 
* Cleanup Option: Choose whether to permanently delete all uploaded data and settings when the plugin is uninstalled. 
* Security First: Includes Nonce verification, strict sanitization, and WP_Filesystem API integration. 
* Performance: Automatically resizes images to 150x150px to ensure fast loading times. 
* Privacy Friendly: No external calls to Gravatar servers when a custom avatar is set.

AM-Avatar

High-performance avatar management with automatic WebP conversion and custom directory integration.

Rathly Marketing

Rathly Profile Avatars replaces the default Gravatar with your own uploaded images, giving every user a custom profile picture chosen straight from the WordPress Media Library. No external services, no accounts to create, and no code required. Each user sets their avatar on their own profile screen, and it appears everywhere your theme shows an avatar.
Gravatar ties a user’s photo to their email address on a third-party service, which is not always what you want. Maybe your authors do not have Gravatar accounts, maybe you want consistent on-brand headshots for a team or about-us page, or maybe you would simply rather keep avatar images on your own site. Rathly Profile Avatars lets you do exactly that while still working with any theme that relies on the standard WordPress avatar functions.
Because it hooks the core get_avatar and get_avatar_url filters, your custom images show up in comments, author boxes, the admin bar, the users list, and anywhere else WordPress renders an avatar. If a user has not set a custom image, the normal Gravatar is used, so nothing breaks.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Upload custom avatars from the WordPress Media Library</li>
<li>Replaces Gravatar everywhere standard avatar functions are used</li>
<li>Per-user: each person manages their own avatar on their profile</li>
<li>Works with any theme that uses get_avatar or get_avatar_url</li>
<li>Responsive images with automatic sizing</li>
<li>No third-party services: nothing leaves your site</li>
<li>Clean uninstall: removes its data when the plugin is deleted</li>
</ul>
<h4>Useful links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rathlymarketing.com/blog/custom-author-avatar/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin page and guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.rathlymarketing.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support and questions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/harrylaurel/Rathly-Profile-Avatars" rel="nofollow ugc">Source code on GitHub</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to your user profile (Users → Your Profile)</li>
<li>Scroll down to the “Rathly Profile Avatars” section</li>
<li>Click “Choose Image” to select or upload your avatar</li>
<li>Save your profile</li>
<li>Your custom avatar will now appear instead of Gravatar</li>
</ol>

Rathly Profile Avatars

Replace standard Gravatar with custom uploaded images for author avatars.

AM-Avatar vs Rathly Profile Avatars