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In the discussion settings of WordPress sites there are multiple avatars that can be used by the users on your site when joining to place comments. You can also create your own avatar and add it to the list for users to use.
PHP
First, create your avatar (png or jpg) and upload it to your WordPress site’s media section.
Second, place the following code anywhere in your child theme’s functions.php document, changing the custom-avator.png on line 3 to the actual filename of your avatar image and the “RLH Avatar” on line 4 to what you want your avatar called on the backend.
// adding a custom avatar
function my_custom_avatar ($avatar_defaults) {
$myavatar = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/_images/custom-avatar.png';
$avatar_defaults[$myavatar] = 'Custom Avatar';
return $avatar_defaults;
}
add_filter( 'avatar_defaults', 'my_custom_avatar' );Note
All modifications to a theme or plugin should be made by creating a child theme and placing the changes there. Changes made to the parent theme will be overwritten the next time it updates.
Output
You will now see the avatar added to the default list of avatars after reloading the “Discussion” settings page.
WordPress Notes:
- All modifications to a theme or plugin should be made by creating a child theme and placing the changes there; changes made to the parent theme will be overwritten the next time it updates
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