Justin Tadlock

<p>This plugin replaces the regular post author meta box on the edit post screen with a custom box.  The new author box will allow you to select your post author by clicking on the user’s avatar.</p>
<p>For more info, vist the <a href="http://themehybrid.com/plugin/avatars-meta-box" rel="nofollow ugc">Avatars Meta Box plugin home page</a>.</p>
<h3>Like this plugin?</h3>
<p>I don’t make any money directly from this plugin.  Please consider helping the cause by:</p>
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<li><a href="http://themehybrid.com/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">Making a donation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://themehybrid.com/club" rel="nofollow ugc">Signing up at my site</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/avatars-meta-box?rate=5#postform" rel="ugc">Rating the plugin</a>.</li>
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<h3>Professional Support</h3>
<p>If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can access the support forums at <a href="http://themehybrid.com/board/topics" rel="nofollow ugc">Theme Hybrid</a>, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 60,000+ users (and growing).</p>
<h3>Plugin Development</h3>
<p>If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s <a href="https://github.com/justintadlock/avatars-meta-box" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</p>


Avatars Meta Box

Select your post author in style. Choose post authors by avatar instead of a select drop-down.

SuitePlugins

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Private Avatars for BuddyPress

BP Private Avatars allows users to hide the avatar to only friend connections for additional privacy.

Avatars Meta Box vs Private Avatars for BuddyPress