Rathly Marketing

<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<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 <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 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.

ChargeWP

<p><strong>It just works.</strong></p>
<p>ChargeWP Avatar Upload gives users a clean, intuitive way to update their profile photo without opening the dashboard.<br />
It’s built for modern WordPress sites: secure, lightweight, and theme-friendly.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Instant front-end upload</strong> — update your avatar right on the page or in WooCommerce “My Account.”  </li>
<li><strong>SmartCrop.js built in</strong> — automatically centers faces for perfect, professional results.  </li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block and Shortcode</strong> — add the avatar uploader anywhere you want.  </li>
<li><strong>Gravatar friendly</strong> — keeps existing Gravatars in place and simply takes priority when a custom image is uploaded.  </li>
<li><strong>Automatic cleanup</strong> — replaces old avatars so your media library stays tidy.  </li>
<li><strong>Lightweight and native</strong> — no complex settings, no setup screens, and no bloat.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why You’ll Love It</h3>
<ul>
<li>Works straight out of the box.  </li>
<li>Looks and feels like part of WordPress and WooCommerce.  </li>
<li>Secure uploads with smart cropping and optimized JPEG output.  </li>
<li>Supports all image types WordPress allows (JPG, PNG, WebP, and more).  </li>
<li>Translation ready and developer friendly.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Shortcode example:</p>
<pre><code>[chargewp_avatar type="0" check_page_author="false"]
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Attributes:</strong><br />
– <code>type</code> — 0 = avatar only, 1 = avatar + name + ID, 2 = avatar + name + ID + profile link. Default: 0<br />
– <code>check_page_author</code> — true or false. When true, shows the page or post author’s avatar instead of the current user. Default: false<br />
– <code>classes</code> — Optional extra CSS classes for custom styling.</p>
<p><strong>Block:</strong><br />
– Insert the <strong>ChargeWP Avatar</strong> block in the editor.<br />
– Adjust display type and author options from the block sidebar.</p>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Template overrides are supported. Copy files from<br />
  plugins/chargewp-avatar/templates/ to <code>yourtheme/templates/cwpa/</code>.  </li>
<li>Filters to disable automatic placement:
<ul>
<li><code>add_filter('cwpa_auto_inject_wc_account', '__return_false');</code>  </li>
<li><code>add_filter('cwpa_auto_inject_cwpd_sidebar', '__return_false');</code>  </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Filters to change display type:
<ul>
<li><code>cwpa_avatar_type_wc_account</code>  </li>
<li><code>cwpa_avatar_type_cwpd_sidebar</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>


ChargeWP – Front End Avatar Upload

Change your profile picture instantly from the front end.   Simple, fast, and built to feel like part of WordPress.

Rathly Profile Avatars vs ChargeWP – Front End Avatar Upload