Custom Avatars for WordPress
This plugin will give visitors an avatar theme of your choice if they don’t have a Gravatar. Its a plugin developed by iElectrify and Fahd Murtaza
Simply install the wp-randomavatars plugin into your WordPress plugins folder (/wp-content/plugins) and activate it via the Dashboard.
If your WordPress theme does not support avatars (rare), simply add this snippet of code
where you want the avatars to appear:
Icons should be sized at 48×48 pixels. You can use a free graphics viewer/resizer such as Irfanview at www.irfanview.com to do this. To find themed icons for your blog, many of which are free for personal and commercial use, see www.iconfinder.net.
When you have your icons, just add them to the wp-randomavatars/images folder in your WordPress plugins area. That’s it! Enjoy!
Features:
Allow your visitors to
* Use custom random avatars instead of the default gravatars i.e “Mystery Man” avatar we see everywhere.
Troubleshooting:
- Please let me know if you run into any issues with this plugin by sending an email to info@fahdmurtaza.com or simply post on wordpress forum for this plugin.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.