by Jesse Lawson 3.6 (17 reviews)

Easy Author Image

Name: Easy Author Image
Rating: 3.6 (17 reviews)
Author: Jesse Lawson

Adds an author image uploader to your profile page. Upload an author image right from your profile page with the click of a button.

Easy Author Image ranks #5,297 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #692 of 8,557 in the Customization category, a 3.6/5 rating from 17 reviews, and was last updated May 14, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.2 (Current: 7.1)

v1.7 Current Version v1.7

Updated 7 years ago Last Update on 14 May, 2019

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#692 of 8,557 in Customization Top 10% by installs No update in over a year

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92.4K

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Review 3.6 out of 5

3.6 (17 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Feb 18, 2026 UNPATCHED

Easy Author Image [easy-author-image] <= 1.7 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2026-1373 · No fix released
May 26, 2015

Easy Author Image [easy-author-image] < 1.5.1 (closed)

Fixed in v1.5.1
May 26, 2015

Easy Author Image [easy-author-image] < 1.5.1 (closed)

Fixed in v1.5.1
Easy Author Image [easy-author-image] < 1.5.1 (closed)

Fixed in v1.5.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.7
Last Updated: May 14, 2019
Requires WP: 3.0.1+
Tested Up To: 5.2
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Jesse Lawson

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.6
Reviews: 17
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site admins and bloggers who want an easy way to set a custom author image on their profile. It solves the problem of relying on Gravatar by letting users upload their own profile picture directly from the Your Profile page, falling back to Gravatar if none is set.

Author image uploader on profile page
Media uploader box for pictures
Replaces Gravatar site-wide
Falls back to Gravatar automatically
Works for every blog user

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Easy Author Image

Go to Users->Your Profile. Find the new Profile Picture section. Click on the button that says "Upload New Author Profile Image" Use the media uploader to either Upload a new picture, Link to a URL of a picture, or select an image from your Media Gallery. Click on the picture you want to use and then click on the button at the bottom of the media uploader that says "Make this my author profile picture!" IMPORTANT: You MUST save the changes by clicking the Update Profile button at the bottom of Your Profile. If you don't update your profile your author image will not be uploaded/changed.

You forgot to save your profile after you uploaded the picture. Go back and reupload or reselect your author image and then once you click on the Make This My Author Profile Picture button, click on the blue Update Profile button at the bottom of your profile page.

Easy Author Image comes with a function that will return the url of the author's image. The function is called get_author_image_url(). If you want to display the author image in the loop, do something like this: $avatar = get_author_image_url(); // The function uses get_the_ID() to grab the appropirate user ID for the author image. $name = get_the_author_meta('display_name'); $html = '<img src="$avatar" alt="A Picture of $name"/>'; echo $html; If you want to display the author image somewhere not in the loop, do something like this: $avatar = get_author_image_url('123'); // Replace 123 with the id of the author you want to use $name = get_the_author_meta('display_name'); $html = '<img src="$avatar" alt="A Picture of $name"/>'; echo $html; Since Easy Author Image adds a new custom field to the user profile, you can also use WordPress's internal functionality to retrieve the author image url as well: $url = get_the_author_meta('author_profile_picture', $user_id);

This plugin only deals with uploading and retrieving the image. It's up to you to format it appropriately to your theme.

Correct!

Nothing! Easy Author Image automagically defaults back to the Gravatar associated with the user's email address if no profile picture is uploaded.