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WP Social Avatar
This plugin gives the users the option to use their social profile picture as the WordPress Avatar
The facts
- Rating
- 4.3★ from 6
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 21 Jun 2016
- Added
- Feb 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.3.1
- Tested up to
- WP 4.5.33
- Downloads
- 18,419
Our analysis
AI-assistedWP Social Avatar is a WordPress plugin that allows you to use your social media profile pictures, specifically from Facebook and Google Plus, as your site avatar instead of the default Gravatar. After activation, administrators can set user permissions and users can link their social media accounts to display their profile pictures on the site.
This plugin is designed for users who want to change their avatar frequently and prefer using images from their social media profiles. It provides a simple way to keep avatars fresh and engaging by automatically updating them based on changes made to the linked social media accounts.
Best for: This plugin suits users who want to personalise their avatars with social media images.
What it does well
- ✓Allows use of Facebook and Google Plus profile pictures as avatars
- ✓Admin can set user permissions for avatar changes
- ✓Includes cache functionality for Google Plus images
Where it falls short
- •Limited to Facebook and Google Plus for social avatars
- •Last updated in June 2016, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Only tested up to WordPress 4.5.33
Verdict
WP Social Avatar provides a straightforward solution for users looking to change their avatars using social media images, but its limited support and outdated status may be a concern for some.
From the developer
Maruti Mohanty's own description of WP Social Avatar, lightly tidied.
As the name suggests, this plugin allows you to use the social profile picture as your WordPress Avatar.
You can see more, on how to install and use the plugin here in this blog WP Social Avatar
Why this plugin?
If you are me, who gets bore of using the same gravatar for few days or months then this plugin is totally for you.
This plugin provides option to the user to use Social media like Facebook and Google plus profile pictures as the gravatar instead of the one from en.gravatar.com.
WP Social Avatar Settings:
After activating the plugin admin will see WP Avatar, under Users menu. Here the admin can set the minimum role/capabilities required to avail this feature.
The allowed users will see the available options in their Your Profile sub menu under Users menu.
For the first version I only have two social options available, Facebook and Google plus. You need to add either the Facebook user ID(numeric) or Google plus id in the corresponding fields. You can find your facebook user id here
Once done with the above, check the social profile picture you want to use as the gravatar and click Update Profile and you are done.
After saving the profile you can see all the gravatars in the site has been replaced by the respective social media profile picture.
With this you will get rid of the boredom of looking at the same gravatar all the time. With the change in the respective social media profile picture, the gravatar of your site will also change.
With Version 1.4 Cache functionality is implemented for Google Plus avatar, this optimizes the functionality. I have added a clear cache button for Google plus, anytime you upload a new profile picture in your Google Plus account click the “clear cache” button and you will get the latest image else the code will make a request and pull the latest image after every 48 hours. This has been done to make the Google Plus functionality faster.
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