Separate avatar for post authors and comment authors

  • Resolved bifriedman

    (@bifriedman)


    3 years, 8 months ago

    We recently began using the plugin display our logo as our default avatar so that it would show for a handful of post authors for whom we do not have a photo avatar. That works well for us.

    However, an undesired side effect is that our logo is also displaying for most comment authors. (Since we don’t use registration for comments, few of our commenters have their own avatar.) I’d prefer we not use our logo for comment authors. Is there a way we can create a separate avatar for all comment authors?

    If not, I suppose we could uncheck the box that uses our logo as the default avatar and attach our logo to the post authors that don’t have their own avatar.

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  • Hey, @bifriedman we have the same issue. So far, no response so not sure how to get around this.

    Thread Starter bifriedman

    (@bifriedman)

    @mickandkimi, I hope they provide a solution. If not, I’ll uncheck the default avatar box and associate our logo with each specific post author who I don’t have a photo for. Maybe I’ll find a different avatar for comment authors and make that our new default avatar.

    @bifriedman I am really new to WordPress so it’s maybe my inexperience that got the best of me. Is there a way with this plugin to select a different avatar for comment authors? I didn’t realize there might be a setting for it. I just made an assumption only my author would have its own avatar and all the rest wouldn’t.

    Thread Starter bifriedman

    (@bifriedman)

    @mickandkimi, your question is exactly what I’m trying to find out.

    For background, here’s what led to this post:

    I was reviewing plugins with an eye toward deleting ones I no longer needed. I added this one around the time I launched the site in 2015. When looking at the settings, I realized I could designate a default avatar that would apply to any users who did not have their own avatar.

    For background, almost all of the volunteer users and free-lancers we use have their own avatar – a photo of the writer that I uploaded. There are a few authors that we don’t have avatars for, so I liked the idea of setting our logo as a default avatar for them.

    After implementing it, I realized that comment authors were getting the default avatar. Since commenters are not representing out site, I want to either exclude them or create a separate default for them. That led to my question.

    I’m not sure if this helps, but I wanted to give you background for why I raised the issue.

    Thread Starter bifriedman

    (@bifriedman)

    @mickandkimi, my workaround is this: All of our regular authors have individual avatars. I have set an image of a cartoon word balloon as our default avatar. So now our commenters get the word balloon as an avatar.

    Thank you @bifriedman for the quick reply. Interestingly, when I set up the default avatar, now my own author avatar is the default avatar. I’m stumbling around trying to figure out how I can have my own avatar while yet, keeping the commenters with the default avatar. Thoughts on how I can change my author avatar?

    Thread Starter bifriedman

    (@bifriedman)

    @mickandkimi, I set each author avatar by going to the Users area, finding the Profile for the user and uploading a photo under “Profile picture.”

    Thank you for the easy instructions! That did the trick. Very much appreciate your time on this. Have an excellent day!

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