Plugin info

Total downloads: 4,733
Active installs: 30
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 3/7/2014 (4316 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/18/2013 (12 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.5.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 3.8.41
Minimum PHP version: f

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Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.5.1
Tested up to: 3.8.41
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Add an upload field in the user profile admin – Don’t want to use gravatar profile picture, or just don’t have one, just download this plugin. It will add a custom field in the user admin with the possibility to upload your own. Once uploaded, it will add the picture url inside the usermeta table so you can easily display it with get_the_author_meta .

Translation ready and already available in French.

  • Easy to use, once activated and your picture uploaded, grab the source url with:

Just add an image tag where you want the picture to be displayed like so:

 My Custom user Profile Picture 

Et voilà!

Installation

  1. Upload “ to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress
  3. grab the source url with $user_meta_image = esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( 'user_meta_image', get_the_id() ) );. Just add an image tag where you want the picture to be displayed like so: <img src="<?php echo $user_meta_image;?>" alt="My Custom user Profile Picture">
  4. Style as you wish.

Frequently Asked Questions

What about if i want to use a user profile picture outside of it’s author page?

It’s pretty easy, just change the last parameter “get_the_id()” wjth the id of the user you want to show, as follow:
$user_meta_image = esc_attr(get_the_author_meta(‘user_meta_image’, 1));

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Changelog

1.0

  • Initial Commit