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.

Jose Varghese

<p><strong>Profile Frame Generator</strong> is a user-friendly, performance-focused plugin that allows site owners to upload custom PNG frames that users can overlay on their photos to generate social media profile pictures. This plugin easily helps create a social photo without any software on the desktop or mobile.</p>
<p>WordCamp Asia 2026 and WordCamp Europe used this plugin for social badge creation:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpasia.org/2026/frame/attendee/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordCamp Asia 2026 – Social Avatar Profile Frame</a></li>
<li><a href="https://social.wceu.eu/index.php/profile-frame-attendee/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordCamp Europe – Social Avatar Profile Frame</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Built for events, campaigns, and brand communities, this plugin is perfect for WordCamp, meetups, or social movement organizers who want to promote a unified visual identity among supporters, attendees, volunteers, and speakers.</p>
<h3>🎯 Key Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>NEW:</strong> Detailed, responsive frontend UI.</li>
<li><strong>NEW:</strong> Split-screen layout for desktop.</li>
<li>Zoom In/Out controls for precise adjustments.</li>
<li>Rotate Left/Right controls to fix orientation.</li>
<li>Bokeh/Blur effect to blur the background image.</li>
<li>Reset Position button to quickly start over.</li>
<li>Gravatar support – load user avatar directly from email.</li>
<li>Custom background color for non-transparent areas.</li>
<li>Customizable user instructions.</li>
<li>Upload a transparent PNG frame from the WordPress media library.</li>
<li>Generate framed profile pictures with an interactive frontend interface.</li>
<li>Lightweight: CSS/JS loads <strong>only on pages</strong> containing the shortcode.</li>
<li>Responsive and mobile-ready with intuitive gestures (touch drag/pinch).</li>
</ul>
<h3>🛠 How to Use:</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Install</strong> the Profile Frame Generator plugin via Plugins > Add New.</li>
<li>Navigate to <strong>Dashboard > Profile Frame</strong>.</li>
<li>Click <strong>“Select Frame from Media Library”</strong>, choose your PNG frame, and click <strong>Select Frame</strong>.</li>
<li>Configure the new control settings (Zoom, Rotate, Bokeh, etc.) as desired.</li>
<li>Click the <strong>“Save Settings”</strong> button.</li>
<li>Copy the shortcode (e.g., <code>[profile_frame frame="123"]</code>) or just <code>[profile_frame]</code> to use the default saved frame.</li>
<li>Paste the shortcode on any post or page.</li>
<li><strong>Save and view</strong> the page – the frame generator canvas will be visible to users.</li>
</ol>
<h3>✨ Frame Interaction & Controls:</h3>
<p>Users can customize their image overlay using the following:<br />
– <strong>Zoom Buttons</strong> – Precise zoom control.<br />
– <strong>Rotate Buttons</strong> – Rotate image 90 degrees left or right.<br />
– <strong>Mouse Wheel</strong> – Zoom in/out of the uploaded image.<br />
– <strong>Mouse Drag</strong> – Reposition the image within the frame.<br />
– <strong>Mobile (Pinch to Zoom)</strong> – Two-finger pinch gesture to zoom.<br />
– <strong>Mobile (Rotate)</strong> – Rotate the image left or right using your fingers.<br />
– <strong>Gravatar</strong> – Enter email to auto-load profile picture.</p>
<h3>🖼 Multiple Frame Support:</h3>
<p>To use more than one frame:<br />
– Use <code>[profile_frame frame="image_id_here"]</code> where <code>image_id_here</code> is the Media Library ID of your PNG frame.<br />
– Each frame must be used on a <strong>separate page</strong>, as only one frame is supported per page.</p>
<p>Example:<br />
– Frame A: <code>[profile_frame frame="123"]</code><br />
– Frame B: <code>[profile_frame frame="456"]</code></p>
<blockquote>
<p>⚠️ <strong>Performance First:</strong> The plugin <strong>only loads CSS and JS on pages with the shortcode</strong>, ensuring fast load times and minimal impact on your site.</p>
<p>Note: <strong>WordPress</strong> and <strong>WordCamp</strong> are registered trademarks of the WordPress Foundation. This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by WordPress.org or WordCamp. Names used for reference only.</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For questions, support requests, or feature suggestions, please visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/profile-frame-generator/" rel="ugc">support forum</a>.</p>
<p>If you find this plugin useful, consider <a href="https://superwebshare.com/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">buying me a coffee</a> to support development. Thank you!</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<h4>Donors</h4>
<p>Thanks to the following generous supporters who donated to keep this plugin going:</p>
<ul>
<li>Arie</li>
</ul>


Social Profile Frame Generator – Custom Social Media Frames Creator


Thank you @josevargheseGreat tool! ---Just a quick suggestion for next version, there should be a slider for zoom as the mouse scroll can get funky.


Simply | Easy | Fun

All-in-one profile picture frame generator. Allows users to upload their photo, apply a frame, customize with zoom/rotate/bokeh, and download.

Rathly Profile Avatars vs Social Profile Frame Generator – Custom Social Media Frames Creator