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 the field people expect to find there.
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, and what changes when the files are yours.
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 no theme editing.
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 never heard of your user.
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 when the images are yours.
Handling a Right-to-Erasure Request for a User’s Photo
Someone asks you to delete their profile picture. Here is exactly what to click, and the one step everybody forgets.
Letting Users Upload Images Safely: What a Front-End Uploader Has to Check
Accepting files from logged-in users is one of the riskiest things a WordPress plugin can do. Here is the checklist that makes it safe.
Let Users Take Their Profile Photo With a Webcam
The fastest way to get a photo out of somebody is to let them take one. Here is how to switch it on, and the HTTPS requirement you cannot get around.
Why Phone Photos End Up Sideways in WordPress (EXIF Orientation Explained)
The photo looks fine on the phone, fine in the file manager, and rotated ninety degrees on your site. Here is what is going on.
What Size Should a WordPress Avatar Be?
The size you store, the sizes you serve, and why those are two different questions with two different answers.