Advance User Avatar | Custom Profile Picture Uploader for WordPress, WooCommerce, and BuddyPress

Description

Advance User Avatar – The Ultimate Plugin for Custom Profile Picture Uploads in WordPress, WooCommerce, and BuddyPress

Are you tired of the default Gravatar system on WordPress, where users must create a Gravatar account to upload their profile picture? Many users find this a hassle and end up with a generic avatar. This can result in a less personalized user experience and hinder site engagement. With the Advance User Avatar plugin, you can easily allow users to upload their own custom profile picture (avatar) directly from their device.

The Advance User Avatar plugin solves plugin eliminates the need for a Gravatar account by offering a seamless solution to upload, crop, and display avatars on your WordPress site. Whether it’s for a personal photo, logo, or any other image, this plugin gives users full control over their avatar. You can easily add an avatar uploader field anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode or Gutenberg block.

The plugin also includes useful features like file type and size validation, so users won’t upload unsupported or oversized images. Plus, users can crop their profile picture to make sure it fits perfectly as their avatar. This gives them more flexibility and control over their profile picture’s appearance. By making it easy for users to upload their own avatar and customize it, the Advance User Avatar plugin creates a more personalized and engaging experience for everyone on your site.

Plus, it’s not just about uploads; the plugin integrates perfectly with WooCommerce and BuddyPress, allowing you to display avatars in My Account pages, member profiles, and more, creating a fully personalized experience across your WordPress site.

Features

• Simple Shortcode Support:

  • [wpmake_advance_user_avatar]: Display the uploaded avatar anywhere on your site.
  • [wpmake_advance_user_avatar_upload]: Add a profile picture upload form, allowing users to upload or remove their avatar image.

• Gutenberg Block Support: Seamlessly add the avatar upload feature using the WordPress block editor.

• File Type Validation: Admins can choose which file types (like JPG, JPEG, PNG) are allowed for profile pictures. This stops users from uploading unsupported file types, ensuring only valid images are used for avatars.

• Max File Size Limit: Admins can set a maximum file size for uploaded avatars to keep the site running smoothly. This prevents slow loading times by stopping oversized images from being uploaded.

• Image Cropping Interface: Users can crop their uploaded profile picture to ensure it fits perfectly within the avatar space, providing more flexibility in how avatars are displayed.

• Webcam Capture: Users can capture a profile picture directly from their webcam and crop it as needed, without the need to upload an external image file.

• Different size images: Automatically generates different image sizes for the uploaded avatar to ensure it displays correctly across various parts of your site.

• Uploaded Image Size: Admins can set a specific width and height for uploaded images to maintain uniformity across the site.

• WooCommerce Integration: Display avatars in the WooCommerce My Account Dashboard and add an avatar upload option to the WooCommerce My Account’s Account Details page.

• BuddyPress Integration:

  • Replace the default BuddyPress Avatar Uploader with the plugin’s avatar upload functionality.
  • Seamlessly display custom user avatars on BuddyPress member pages, giving your community a more personalized experience.

How to Use the Plugin

1. Install the Plugin:
   Go to Users -> User Avatar in your WordPress dashboard.

2. Configure Settings:

   • Store avatar in different thumbnail sizes: Saves the avatar in different sizes to ensure they display perfectly wherever they appear on your site.

   • Max Avatar Size Allowed: Set a limit on how large uploaded images can be (e.g., 20KB). Users can’t upload files over this limit.

   • Allowed File Types: Choose which image file types (JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF) are allowed for profile pictures.

   • Capture Picture: Allow users to capture a new profile picture directly through their webcam.

   • Cropping Interface: Enable the cropping feature, allowing users to adjust their avatar for the perfect fit.

   • Uploaded Image Size: Set the width and height of uploaded images to maintain a consistent look across the site.

3. Integrations:

   • WooCommerce Integration: Display avatars on WooCommerce My Account pages and integrate the avatar uploader into the account details section.

   • BuddyPress Integration: Replace the default BuddyPress avatar uploader and display avatars on member profiles..

Screenshots

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

• Advance User Avatar This block allows user to upload their avatar

FAQ

Do I need to have coding skills to use the Advance User Avatar Plugin?

No, you don’t need any coding skills. You are just a click away from setting up a avatar uploader for your site users.

Does the plugin work with any WordPress themes?

Yes, the plugin is designed to work with any themes that have been coded following WordPress guidelines.

Is this plugin fully responsive ?

Yes, the Advance User Avatar plugin design is fully responsive. So you can use plugin’s avatar uploader and viewer from any devices of any screensize.

Are all your plugins support translation ready? ?

Yes, Any user facing text may that be title, message or notices, all of them are made translation ready. You will have no problem setting up the translations with with translations plugins like Locotranslate, WPML or PolyLang.

Does the plugin work with any WooCommerce?

Yes, the Advance User Avatar plugin is fully compatible with WooCommerce. It integrates seamlessly with your WooCommerce store, allowing users to upload and display their custom avatars in their My Account Dashboard and Account Details page. This adds a personalized touch to the WooCommerce user experience.

Does the plugin work with any BuddyPress?

Yes, the Advance User Avatar plugin works perfectly with BuddyPress. It replaces the default BuddyPress avatar uploader with its own customizable uploader and ensures that users’ custom avatars are displayed throughout BuddyPress member pages, offering a more personalized experience for your community.

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Changelog

1.1.0 – 08-03-2025

• Feature – WooCommerce Integration.
• Feature – BuddyPress Integration.

1.0.3 – 05-01-2025

• Feature – Store avatar in different thumbnail sizes.
• Feature – Allow users to use camera or webcam to capture picture.
• Feature – Ability for site owner to change uploaded image’s width and height.
• Tweak – Updated Readme.

1.0.2 – 21-10-2024

• Tweak – Added a review prompt.
• Tweak – Updated admin footer text.

1.0.1 – 21-09-2024

• Enhance – Improved design for selecting file types in settings.
• Enhance – Better styling for upload success and error messages.
• Dev – Added compatibility with WordPress v6.7.
• Dev – Updated minimum WordPress version requirement to 5.5 for better block support.

1.0.0 – 11-09-2024

• Initial Release