How can I enable front-end avatar management?

To enable front-end avatar management, you can add the shortcode [basic-user-avatars] to any page on your WordPress site. We recommend placing this shortcode on another logged-in account type page, such as the WooCommerce My Account page or the Membership Account page. This will allow users to manage their avatars without accessing the dashboard.

How can I add the Avatar Upload form to the bbPress User Profile > Edit frontend page?

The Avatar Upload form is automatically added to the bbPress User Profile > Edit frontend page when you use the Basic User Avatars plugin.

Can I restrict users from updating their avatars?

Yes, you can restrict users from updating their avatars by navigating to Settings > Discussion and checking the 'Local Avatar Permissions' setting. By checking this box, only users with file upload capabilities (Author role and above) will be able to upload local avatars.

Is it possible to migrate from the WP User Avatar plugin to Basic User Avatars?

Yes, version 1.0.5 of Basic User Avatars includes a feature to automatically convert avatars formerly loaded through the WP User Avatar plugin. You can disable WP User Avatar, activate Basic User Avatars, and have a seamless transition for existing avatars in your site. Just make sure to update any avatar upload form that used the [avatar_upload] shortcode to use the [basic-user-avatars] shortcode.

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Basic User Avatars

Q: How can I add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen?

To add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen, you can use the Basic User Avatars plugin. This plugin is compatible with bbPress and many other popular plugins with frontend user registration and profile management features. Admins can upload a user's avatar on the Edit User admin screen.

Add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen so users can add a custom profile picture.

Rating:

4.7

Active Installations:

20000+

Last Updated:

Nov 15, 2024

WordPress Version:

5.2 or higher

Tested up to:

6.7.2

Features Download’s trend Changelog Reviews

Easy avatar customization

Add a custom profile picture easily with an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen.

Lightweight solution for avatars

Use this plugin as a lightweight solution for custom user avatars on WordPress Community and Membership sites.

Frontend avatar management

Support for front-end avatar management for sites that want to keep users out of the dashboard.

Seamless migration from WP User Avatar

Automatically convert avatars from WP User Avatar plugin for a seamless transition to Basic User Avatars.

Author’s Site

1.0.9 – 2024-11-13

ENHANCEMENT: Update tested up to WordPress 6.7.

1.0.8 – 2024-01-23

ENHANCEMENT: Added filter ‘basic_user_avatars_default_size’ to allow changing the default size of the avatar. (Thanks @jarrydlong)
ENHANCEMENT: Improved functionality on how we load the text domain of the plugin for translations. (@ipokkel)
BUG FIX: Fixed a fatal issue when the option “Only allow users with file upload capabilities to upload local avatars (Authors and above)” wasn’t set on new installations. (@JarrydLong)

1.0.7

ENHANCEMENT: Made “Delete Local Avatar” checkbox text clickable for frontend. (Thanks @pinguluk )
BUG FIX: Fixed an issue where Avatars weren’t saving correctly when changing an existing uploaded avatar. (Thanks @jarrydlong)
BUG FIX: Fixed an issue where Avatars weren’t saving on the frontend in certain cases. (Thanks @amatzin)
BUG FIX: Fixed deprecation warnings when getting the Avatar for PHP 8+ (Thanks @ZebulanStanphill)

1.0.6

ENHANCEMENT: Added translation for German locale. Thanks @olpo24
ENHANCEMENT: Added translation for Italian locale. Thanks @domegang
ENHANCEMENT: Now filtering the get_avatar_data WordPress hook to allow more flexibility in customizing avatars via other filters.
ENHANCEMENT: Added filter basic_user_avatar_data to allow filtering on the avatar data that we are overriding.
BUG FIX: Fixed issue with saving the Discussion setting limiting avatar upload to users with file upload capabilities.
BUG FIX: Fixed an issue when user display names were interfering and causing 404 errors. Thanks @semanio.

1.0.5 – 2021-05-19

ENHANCEMENT: Now pulling avatar from WP User Avatar if we don’t have one yet

1.0.4 – 2020-01-12

BUG FIX: Fixed typos on readme.txt – Thanks @fred-pedro
ENHANCEMENT: Added translation for Spanish – Thanks @ricardpriet
ENHANCEMENT: Added translation for Brazilian Portuguese – Thanks @allysonsouza
ENHANCEMENT: Added translation for Catalan – Thanks @alvaromartinezmajado
ENHANCEMENT: Added proper SSL support – Thanks @zachwills
ENHANCEMENT: Escaped strings.

1.0.3 – 2015-08-05

ENHANCEMENT: Added Swedish and Finnish translations – Thanks @dmaester

1.0.2 – 2015-04-17

ENHANCEMENT: Added POT file for translation

1.0.1 – 2015-03-17

BUG FIX: Updated textdomain for better support
ENHANCEMENT: Added plugin to GitHub for better collaboration

1.0.0

Initial launch, should be considered beta. Use with caution.

Simply outstanding!

By mikefury on January 26, 2025

Great plugin. Thank you

Perfect!

By Thiago Pacheco (pachecothiago) on September 20, 2024

Simple, objective and clean. Effective for users to upload their profile picture on the frontend. Congratulations!

Excellent solution for local gravatar

By Eder Ribeiro (ribeiroeder) on March 20, 2024

Simple, light, secure and easy to customize. Thanks!

Simple but powerful

By Soprano on April 22, 2023

Works really well to host local avatars, hoping they add a bit more options and integrations in the future

Works great

By jacksonbatnerd on January 9, 2023

Does what is says it does, perfect if you want a front-end option for users to upload and editing their profile picture.

Awesome Plugin

By arslank7 on November 24, 2022

Thank you so much... <3

Great alternative to WP User Avatar aka Profile Press

By kdelsimone on July 5, 2021

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to the developers for this plugin. The ol' switcheroo of WP User Avatar to Profile Press left me frustrated and looking for an alternative. This plugin meets my needs for a simple, basic solution. It's also easy to customize and works seamlessly with Paid Memberships Pro. Thanks again, and cheers!

Great replacement for WP User Avatar

By veromary on June 12, 2021

Worked straight out of the box. Thanks!

Perfect replacement for wp user avatar

By gozalbes on May 25, 2021

Now that Wp User Avatar has been hijacked by ProfilePress, this plugin reproduces all its functionality in a simple and fast way... Works great!

Definitely a basic avatar plugin

By BlueSteam (bluesteam) on March 7, 2021

I really wanted to give this plugin 5 stars but I simply can't. While the name of the plugin has the word "Basic" in it, is a little too basic. Even a basic avatar plugin should have the ability to limit for upload size or image size resolution. This plugin will allow anyone to upload MASSIVE profile pictures that can slow down your page load times. Limiting a file size should be very easy to code for plugin developers and easy to add to the plugin. Add this feature and you get a 5 star for a basic plugin but without this, 3 star at best.

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Basic User Avatars

Easy avatar customization

Add a custom profile picture easily with an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen.

Lightweight solution for avatars

Use this plugin as a lightweight solution for custom user avatars on WordPress Community and Membership sites.

Frontend avatar management

Support for front-end avatar management for sites that want to keep users out of the dashboard.

Seamless migration from WP User Avatar

Automatically convert avatars from WP User Avatar plugin for a seamless transition to Basic User Avatars.

1.0.9 – 2024-11-13

1.0.8 – 2024-01-23

1.0.7

1.0.6

1.0.5 – 2021-05-19

1.0.4 – 2020-01-12

1.0.3 – 2015-08-05

1.0.2 – 2015-04-17

1.0.1 – 2015-03-17

1.0.0

Simply outstanding!

Perfect!

Excellent solution for local gravatar

Simple but powerful

Works great

Awesome Plugin

Great alternative to WP User Avatar aka Profile Press

Great replacement for WP User Avatar

Perfect replacement for wp user avatar

Definitely a basic avatar plugin

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