by DanielAGW 4.9 (16 reviews)

BuddyPress First Letter Avatar

Name: BuddyPress First Letter Avatar
Rating: 4.9 (16 reviews)
Author: DanielAGW

A WordPress-BuddyPress plugin to set fancy custom avatars for users with no Gravatar and no profile picture.

BuddyPress First Letter Avatar ranks #14,563 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #491 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.9/5 rating from 16 reviews, and was last updated Mar 11, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.7 (Current: 7.1.4)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 11 Mar, 2017

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#491 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Mar 11, 2017
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 4.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: DanielAGW

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 16
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for BuddyPress site administrators who want visually distinct avatars for users without a Gravatar or profile picture. It solves the problem of default 'Mystery Person' avatars by generating colorful letter-based avatars from a user's name.

First letter avatar generation
Configurable custom letter option
Multiple avatar sizes included
Automatic optimal size selection
Custom avatar set creation
Optional override of Gravatar/profile pictures
PSD template included
TinyPNG-compressed images

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about BuddyPress First Letter Avatar

There may be some conflict with this plugin and some other plugins you are using. If BuddyPress First Letter Avatar is overriding your other avatar plugins, please go to plugin settings and change Filter Priority value to a lower value - for example 9, or even -1. If other plugins are overriding BuddyPress First Letter Avatar images, try increasing the value to 11 or 9999. Experimenting with these values should give you some results. Filter priority value basically specifies the order that avatar filters are executed in. Setting it to a high value will cause BuddyPress First Letter Avatar to execute after other plugins, whereas setting it to a low value will execute BuddyPress First Letter Avatar before other plugins.

Absolutely! Just create new directory in 'images' directory, call it, for example 'my_avatar_set' and change the avatar set in settings. Make sure to follow the directory and filename convention. NOTE: Your custom avatars WILL BE DELETED after updating the plugin! Make backup!

Of course! This can be done in plugin settings.

Yes! By default, BuddyPress First Letter Avatar sets custom avatar only to users without Gravatar and profile avatar, but in plugin settings you can disable it and use custom avatar for everybody.

Yes - just go to plugin settings and click Round avatars.

Absolutely. The default priority is: first look for user's profile avatar, then try to get Gravatar. If these options fail, use BuddyPress First Letter Avatar and assign custom first letter avatar. You can disable using users' profile avatars and/or Gravatars in BuddyPress First Letter Avatar settings.