Local Avatars by Nocksoft

Description

Adds support for local avatars for your users so you don’t have to use Gravatar. You can also redirect all Gravatar requests to a local avatar.

Features

  • Adds support for local avatars for authors so that you dont need to use an Gravatar account
  • Option to redirect all Gravatar requests to a local avatar to improve performance and privacy

Setup

  • Install plugin.
  • (optional) Go to user profiles to tick local avatars and choose your local personal avatar.
  • (optional) Go to « Settings » -> « Local Avatars » to setup global settings like deactivation of Gravatar.

Captures d’écran

  • Local Avatar user settings
  • Local Avatars global settings

Installation

  1. Download the plugin (.zip file) on your hard drive.
  2. Unzip the zip file contents.
  3. Upload the local-avatars-by-nocksoft folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  4. Activate the plugin in the « Plugins » menu in WordPress.
  5. Make a few settings (see section « Setup » on this page).

FAQ

How can I change the avatar for my user?

You have two options. Either through Gravatar, or you can specify a local image in your user profile settings. This setting can be made separately for each user.

How can I completely disable Gravatar?

You can do this in the global settings of this plugin. Just tick the corresponding checkbox.

When I disabled Gravatar, can I force a custom default avatar?

Yes, just choose a custom avatar of your choice in the global settings under « Settings » -> « Local Avatars ».

Where can I make settings for this plugin?

You can adjust settings in the user profile settings and in the global settings under « Settings » -> « Local Avatars ».

Avis

7 mars 2025
There are more than a few so called avatar replacement plugins. But they all seem to want to keep the Gravatar functionality. I wanted to not have any connections to the Gravatar tracking system. The plugin does exactly that. No Gravatar, only local avatars. Thanks for the awesome plugin.
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Historique des changements

1.0.1

  • Fixed a bug that caused global settings heading do not show
  • Fixed a bug that caused an error during uninstall
  • Added option for custom default avatars in global settings

1.0.0

  • First release