Title: author_avatar
Author: Guillaume
Published: <strong>December 18, 2013</strong>
Last modified: March 7, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# author_avatar

 By [Guillaume](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guillaume-lostweb/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/author-avatar.1.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatar/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatar/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatar/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatar/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-avatar/)

## 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:

    ```
     <img src="<?php echo $user_meta_image;?>" alt="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.

## FAQ

### 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));

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“author_avatar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Guillaume ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guillaume-lostweb/)

[Translate “author_avatar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-avatar)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/author-avatar/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/author-avatar/), or subscribe
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## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial Commit

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.8.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatar/)
 * Tags
 * [author avatar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-avatar/)[gravatar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gravatar/)
   [profile picture](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/profile-picture/)[user profile](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-profile/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatar/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Guillaume ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guillaume-lostweb/)

## Support

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