[wp-hackers] Change the user avatar url to a user meta field url?

[Janneke Van Dorpe]

Agreed, you could overwrite it both ways. Filters are preferable.

On 15 Jan 2014, at 11:33, Nikola Nikolov wrote:

> I personally would go with the filters. Simply because there might be a
> third plugin that says - "hey this user should have a special avatar(the
> user added a "badge" to their photo for instance), I'll add my filter last
> and I'll return my output".
> 
> After all that's the whole purpose of filters and actions in WordPress :)
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Janneke Van Dorpe <
> jannekevandorpe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> You could also completely overwrite get_avatar() and point it to a meta
>> field with a URL or ID to an attachment.
>> 
>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_avatar
>> 
>> On 15 Jan 2014, at 10:17, Nikola Nikolov wrote:
>> 
>>> You can still use a plugin for that. For instance this plugin -
>>> http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-avatar/ . It's very simple since all
>> it
>>> does is add interface in the edit profile page in the admin that allows
>> you
>>> to upload a photo to the media library(I think) and then use that as your
>>> avatar. It also allows you to crop the photo. What I'd advice you to do
>> is
>>> to simply download the plugin and go through it's source - it's basically
>>> three .php files, one of which is timthumb(yeah, I know - that's not good
>>> in a plugin :) ).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:03 PM, BenderisGreat
>>> <greglancaster71 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I know there are plugins for handling a local user avatar, but it seems
>>>> like
>>>> a giant pain in the ass to code something myself for this.  I even asked
>>>> around and was told to just use a plugin, but I cannot package someone
>>>> elses
>>>> plugin with what I am making.
>>>> 
>>>> So, I am wondering if there is a way to replace the user avatar with a
>> user
>>>> meta field that points to a url.  I know it wont technically be an
>> avatar
>>>> in
>>>> wordpress' eyes, but this would be much simple to allow front end avatar
>>>> uploading.  Just select an image, store the url in a custom field, and
>> then
>>>> have the avatar call redirected to look at the users avatar meta field.
>>>> 
>>>> Is this a realistic solution?
>>>> 
>>>> 
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