Mike Martel

This plugin is tested only with BP 1.6.2 and WordPress 3.5, and is not meant to be backwards compatible! If you’re running an older version of WordPress, use Vernon’s original plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar/" rel="ugc">BuddyPress Group Default Avatar</a>
Allows specifying the URL of an image to use as the BuddyPress default group avatar. This makes it easy to distinguish groups from members who are using the mystery man default user avatar.
It works in all situations (activity stream, groups, forums, directory, etc). Upload your image to somewhere within your theme and drop the full URL in the options screen.
If you had <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar/" rel="ugc">BuddyPress Group Default Avatar</a> previously installed, this plugin will use the avatar set in that plugin. Otherwise it’s bundled with a default avatar for groups (see screenshots).
Not tested on multisite/network install yet (please confirm if it’s working!).

BuddyPress Default Group Avatar

Adds a default group avatar to BuddyPress without disabling Gravatars for users.

sant0sk1

With this plugin, a WordPress site Administrator can set some default options for new user accounts. All new users registered on the system will inherit these settings. The following user defaults can be set:
<ul>
<li>Enable/Disable Rich Text Editor</li>
<li>Enable/Disable Comment Keyboard Shortcuts</li>
<li>Administrative Interface Color</li>
<li>Public Display Name Format</li>
</ul>
<h4>New In This Version</h4>
<ol>
<li>WordPress 2.9 Compatibility</li>
<li>Moved settings page to “Users” submenu</li>
</ol>
NOTE: This plugin only affects new user accounts (created after the plugin’s activation). Existing user accounts will be unmodified.

WP User Defaults

Set some default options for new user accounts.

BuddyPress Default Group Avatar vs WP User Defaults