Styling a Plugin With CSS Custom Properties Instead of !important
Why plugin CSS is so hard to override, and what changes when a plugin exposes its design decisions as custom properties.
Bulk-Importing Avatars for 500 Users With WP-CLI
A migration script that matches photos to accounts by email address, skips what is already done, and can be run twice safely.
How to Set a WordPress User’s Avatar Programmatically
Four functions, two actions, and one deliberate design decision about capability checks that you need to know before you call them.
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 you a photo.
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 WordPress avatars work.
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 harder than it should be.
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 settings that never did anything.
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 does not.
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.
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.