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Building a Staff Directory Where the Photos Are Actually Filled In
Use Cases
Building a Staff Directory Where the Photos Are Actually Filled In
The hard part of a team page is not building it. It is getting thirty people to send…
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david Sep 3, 2026
Why Your Avatars Already Work in Better Messages (and Most Other Plugins)
Use Cases
Why Your Avatars Already Work in Better Messages (and Most Other Plugins)
Some plugins need an integration setting. Most do not, and the reason tells you something useful about how…
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david Sep 3, 2026
Adding Profile Photos to WP-Members Without Touching a Template
Tutorial
Adding Profile Photos to WP-Members Without Touching a Template
WP-Members builds its profile form from a field list, which is exactly why adding an image field is…
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david Sep 3, 2026
Advanced User Avatar 2.0: What’s New
Plugin Comparison
Advanced User Avatar 2.0: What’s New
Avatars everywhere WordPress shows one, a bulk manager, granular WooCommerce controls, and a long list of fixes to…
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david Sep 3, 2026
Template Overrides and Six Hooks for Extending the Avatar Uploader
Tutorial
Template Overrides and Six Hooks for Extending the Avatar Uploader
How to change the uploader's markup without forking it, and the filters that cover what the settings screen…
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david Sep 3, 2026
6 Places You Can Show Customer Photos in Your WooCommerce Store
Use Cases
6 Places You Can Show Customer Photos in Your WooCommerce Store
Every WooCommerce display location, what it looks like, and which ones are worth switching on.
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david Sep 3, 2026
Do Customer Photos Make Product Reviews More Persuasive?
Use Cases
Do Customer Photos Make Product Reviews More Persuasive?
Reviews are read by shoppers who have no account of their own. What the reviewer looks like is…
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david Sep 3, 2026
How to Add a Profile Picture Field to the WordPress User Profile Screen
Tutorial
How to Add a Profile Picture Field to the WordPress User Profile Screen
WordPress ships a profile screen with no way to set a profile picture. Here is how to add…
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david Sep 3, 2026
Gravatar Is Costing You Requests: The Case for Self-Hosted Avatars
Use Cases
Gravatar Is Costing You Requests: The Case for Self-Hosted Avatars
Every avatar on a WordPress page is a request to somebody else's server. Here is what that costs,…
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david Sep 3, 2026
How to Let Users Upload Their Own Profile Picture in WordPress (No Code)
Tutorial
How to Let Users Upload Their Own Profile Picture in WordPress (No Code)
A front-end upload widget your logged-in users can use themselves, placed with a block or a shortcode, with…
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david Sep 3, 2026
Why Your WordPress Users All Have Grey Silhouette Avatars (and How to Fix It)
Tutorial
Why Your WordPress Users All Have Grey Silhouette Avatars (and How to Fix It)
The grey silhouette is not a broken image. It is WordPress telling you that a third-party service has…
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david Sep 3, 2026
Gravatar and GDPR: What Actually Leaves Your Site When You Show an Avatar
Use Cases
Gravatar and GDPR: What Actually Leaves Your Site When You Show an Avatar
A technical account of what a Gravatar request contains, why it counts as a disclosure, and what changes…
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david Sep 3, 2026
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