Marcus (aka @msykes)

Marcus

Pixelite

This is a very simple and lightweight plugin that anonymizes default avatars and prevents the user’s gravatar being automatically obtained from gravatar.com based on their registered email. This would be useful for sites where users require an extra layer of privacy, or if you just want to prevent potentially silly or embarrasing avatar accidents.
If you’re using Identicons or any other generated default avatar, the user should keep a consistent avatar unless they change their registered email.
You can also disable Gravatar completely and choose a default image to display.
This plugin is also compatible with other avatar customization plugins such as <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/avatar-manager/" rel="ugc">Avatar Manager</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/" rel="ugc">BuddyPress</a> or <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-new-default-avatar/" rel="ugc">Add New Default Avatar</a>, since this plugin specifically prevents the gravatar of a specific user email being used and reverts to the default or user-defined avatar.
Important 3.0 Update – BuddyPress users should visit the Settings > Discussion page on your dashboard and choose one of the Disable Gravatar options to restore previous behavior.
If you have any issues or suggestions, please visit our <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-user-gravatar" rel="ugc">support forums</a>.
If you find this plugin useful and would like to say thanks, please leave us a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/disable-user-gravatar?filter=5" rel="ugc">5 star review</a>!

Disable User Gravatar

The plugin is a must-have for each WordPress installation. One can't process the email of the user (personal information) to create a hash and sent it to a remote server without consent of the user.

Must-have

Stops WordPress from grabbing a user avatar using their registrated email from gravatar.com.

BuddyDev

Activity Plus Reloaded for BuddyPress gives your social network all the features and ease of Facebook when it comes to uploading and sharing media!
It is a fork of now unmaintained <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-activity-plus/" rel="ugc">BuddyPress Activity Plus</a> 
The plugin adds 3 new buttons to your BuddyPress activity stream. Enabling you to attach photos, videos, and even share web links with everyone on your network!
Here’s the quick overview of this plugin’s features: 
 * Upload a photo (or multiple) directly from your computer to the activity stream 
 * Embed a video from popular sites such as youtube and vimeo by copying the link 
 * Embed a link to any site – the site title and description will automatically be pulled in 
 * Embedding a link also allows you to choose a thumbnail image from a list of images on the site’s homepage 
 * Works perfectly with any theme based on the BuddyPress Default theme
Blog Post :<a href="https://buddydev.com/introducing-buddypress-activity-plus-reloaded/" rel="nofollow ugc">Introducing BuddyPress Activity Plus Reloaded</a>
<h4>Credit</h4>
Activity Plus Reloaded for BuddyPress is a fork of BuddyPress Activity Plus(now abandoned) by @wpmudev. We have refactored it to wok with current BuddyPress/WordPress. 
 and we plan to maintain and further develop it. 
 We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the @wpmudv team for their cooperation in getting this plugin back.
If you are looking to optimize media, We recommend <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/" rel="ugc">Smush</a> to optimize your BuddyPress media.
<h4>Contribute</h4>
The plugin is available on gihub. You can contribute by sending pull request, reporting errors and helping others. 
Github repository: <a href="https://github.com/buddydev/bp-activity-plus-reloaded" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/buddydev/bp-activity-plus-reloaded</a> 
Support & reporting Issues: <a href="https://buddydev.com/support/forums/" rel="nofollow ugc">BuddyDev Forums</a>

Activity Plus Reloaded for BuddyPress

Note: This plugin will be discontinued by March 31st, 2025 in favor of BuddyPress Attachment plugin. Please migrate to the new plugin before that date …

Disable User Gravatar vs Activity Plus Reloaded for BuddyPress