Local Avatars by Nocksoft
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.
Installation
- Download the plugin (.zip file) on your hard drive.
- Unzip the zip file contents.
- Upload the local-avatars-by-nocksoft folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin in the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
- Make a few settings (see section “Setup” on this page).
Screenshots
Local Avatar user settings
Local Avatars global settings
Faq
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.
You can do this in the global settings of this plugin. Just tick the corresponding checkbox.
Yes, just choose a custom avatar of your choice in the global settings under “Settings” -> “Local Avatars”.
You can adjust settings in the user profile settings and in the global settings under “Settings” -> “Local Avatars”.
Reviews
The best so far.
By 
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.
Changelog
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