Kamrul Islam

** Easy Avatar Upload ** gives your users full control over their profile pictures. Instead of being locked into Gravatar, users can upload their own avatars directly from their WordPress profile page.
No coding required – just install, activate, and enjoy a user-friendly profile picture uploader.
This plugin is ideal for membership sites, forums, WooCommerce stores, eLearning platforms, and blogs where personalized avatars build trust and improve engagement.
<h3>🚀 Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>🖼️ Custom Avatar Upload – Let users upload profile pictures directly from the profile page.</li>
<li>🔄 Gravatar Replacement – Override WordPress’s default Gravatar system with a user-uploaded image.</li>
<li>🎨 Theme Compatible – Works with most WordPress themes and frameworks.</li>
<li>👤 Frontend + Backend Support – Avatars display in user profile, comments, forums, WooCommerce, and more.</li>
<li>🧹 Lightweight & Fast – Minimal code, no bloat, designed for speed.</li>
<li>🛠️ Developer Friendly – Clean code with hooks/filters for customization.</li>
<li>🗑️ Easy Reset Option – Users can remove or reset their avatar anytime.</li>
<li>
👥 Use Cases
</li>
<li>
Community & Forums → Works perfectly with bbPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo
</li>
<li>E-Commerce → Add personal avatars for WooCommerce customer accounts</li>
<li>Multi-Author Blogs → Authors can upload their own profile image for posts</li>
<li>Learning Management (LMS) → Students and teachers can upload profile pictures</li>
<li>Corporate Sites → Professional user profiles without Gravatar dependency</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔑 Why Choose Easy Avatar Upload?</h3>
<ul>
<li>No need for external services (Gravatar)</li>
<li>Increases user engagement & personalization</li>
<li>Improves trust and credibility on your site</li>
<li>Beginner-friendly setup – no configuration required</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
Use the shortcode: [easyavup_avatar]
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ol>
<li>
mode
<ul>
<li>Controls how the avatar is displayed.</li>
<li>Options:
<ul>
<li><code>view</code> → Show only the avatar.</li>
<li><code>edit</code> → Allow users to upload/change/delete their avatar.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Default: <code>view</code></li>
</ul>
Example: [easyavup_avatar mode=edit]
</li>
<li>
size
</li>
</ol>
– Set the avatar size in pixels (width & height). 
– Default: <code>96</code>
Example: [easyavup_avatar size=150]
<h3>Examples</h3>
<ul>
<li>Show a 100px avatar (view-only): [easyavup_avatar mode=view size=100]</li>
<li>Show an editable avatar (120px): [easyavup_avatar mode=edit size=120]</li>
</ul>

Easy Avatar Upload

Allows users to upload and manage a custom profile picture using the WordPress media library with enhanced security and user experience.

Jeremy Ward

Vincent Listrani

A more flexible way to attach and display a photo for a WordPress user profile.
Some users might not have or want to have a gravatar account or other universal avatar account. They simply may want to use a one-time specified photo to represent them on your WordPress site. This plugin solves that use case.
With the ability to upload a photo to a user profile via the WordPress Media Uploader or by specifying an external URL to an image, your users and/or authors can have a personalized photo specific to your website.*
This plugin will add a custom set of fields to the user profile page which will allow for the use of a custom profile photo.
You can add/change/edit uploaded photos directly from the user profile page. The external option allows you to provide a URL to the external image or remove it.
As of v0.4, the plugin now filters the get_avatar() function found in most WordPress themes.
Simply go to the users section and select a user or select “Your Profile” depending on your permission level. The new fields are added to the bottom of the user profile page. Choose which type of photo you want to use. Upload an image or add an external url. Then press the Update Profile button.
If you require a customized approach or your theme does not support the get_avatar() hook, use the example below.
To retrieve the photo on the front-end use the following example on your template page(s).
<pre><code><?php
 // Retrieve The Post's Author ID
 $user_id = get_the_author_meta('ID');
 // Set the image size. Accepts all registered images sizes and array(int, int)
 $size = 'thumbnail';

 // Get the image URL using the author ID and image size params
 $imgURL = get_cupp_meta($user_id, $size);

 // Print the image on the page
 echo '<img src="'. $imgURL .'" alt="">';
?>
</code></pre>
You will need to place the code above in each area of your theme where you wish to add and retrieve your theme’s custom avatar image. This can include but is not limited to single.php, page.php, and comments.php.
*Future Updates to this plugin include allowing other roles to access this feature, a settings page to allow a custom default image and other options.
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English – default, always included</li>
<li>Dutch</li>
<li>Hungarian</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
Thanks to <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/finalwebsites/" rel="nofollow ugc">Olaf Lederer</a>, <a href="https://github.com/harkalygergo" rel="nofollow ugc">Harkály Gergő</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/sqhendr/" rel="nofollow ugc">sqhendr</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/somtijds/" rel="nofollow ugc">SOMTIJDS</a>, <a href="https://www.closemarketing.es" rel="nofollow ugc">David Pérez</a>

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