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Check out the “bp_core_mysteryman_src” and “bp_core_fetch_avatar” filters located in /bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php.

This article details a little bit of how to do it:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-add-a-custom-default-avatar-for-buddypress-members-and-groups/

@grimbog: This is interesting. Hope to hear good news soon.

@rogerwhitson – In response to this, you add the bp_core_fetch_avatar() function in your recent post loop.

It would look something like this:

` $user_id ) ); ?>`

I’m guessing that the recent posts loop is a widget; you’d have to add the code above into the widget’s code somewhere.

You would also have to pass the $user_id properly in the loop.

hi
here is the solution for getting the avatar image url
bp_core_fetch_avatar(array(‘item_id’ => $other_user, ‘type’ => ‘thumb’, ‘width’ => 32, ‘height’ => 32, ‘class’ => ‘friend-avatar’,’html’=>false));

html = false

Wait… do you mean a subnav? Like for instance, under profile, the subtabs are “Edit Profile, and Change Cignature?”

Could be done, wrap the bp_core_new_subnav_item call in a function which is hooked on xprofile_setup_nav action;

`/* Add the subnav items */
bp_core_new_subnav_item( array( ‘name’ => __( ‘My Friends’, ‘buddypress’ ), ‘slug’ => ‘my-friends’, ‘parent_url’ => $friends_link, ‘parent_slug’ => $bp->friends->slug, ‘screen_function’ => ‘friends_screen_my_friends’, ‘position’ => 10, ‘item_css_id’ => ‘friends-my-friends’ ) );
bp_core_new_subnav_item( array( ‘name’ => sprintf( __( ‘Requests (%d)‘, ‘buddypress’ ), bp_friend_get_total_requests_count() ), ‘slug’ => ‘requests’, ‘parent_url’ => $friends_link, ‘parent_slug’ => $bp->friends->slug, ‘screen_function’ => ‘friends_screen_requests’, ‘position’ => 20, ‘user_has_access’ => bp_is_my_profile() ) );

if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->friends->slug ) {
if ( bp_is_my_profile() ) {
$bp->bp_options_title = __( ‘My Friends’, ‘buddypress’ );
} else {
$bp->bp_options_avatar = bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘item_id’ => $bp->displayed_user->id, ‘type’ => ‘thumb’ ) );
$bp->bp_options_title = $bp->displayed_user->fullname;
}`

There ya go, 2 in one!

That’s the WP version of grabbing the avatar.

You can also try the BuddyPress way:
`echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘item_id’ => $id, ‘width’ => $width, ‘height’ => $height ) );`

A list of full parameters can be found by looking at the source:
https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.8/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php#L50

@boonebgorges

I am a complete newbie when it comes to this. I tried to utilize the funciton you created above and it results in an error: Unexpected return.

I imagine I am missing something obvious but here is my code:
`function my_blog_avatar_1( $old_avatar ) {
bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘item_id’ => ‘1’, ‘type’ => $type, ‘alt’ => $alt, ‘width’ => $width, ‘height’ => $height, ‘class’ => $class ) ) // Do some stuff to get the avatar you want, then
return $new_avatar;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_get_blog_avatar_1?, ‘my_blog_avatar_1’ );`

Thanks in advance for your help.

Pass the user id as the “item_id” parameter in bp_core_fetch_avatar().

This function is located in /bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php.

@grimbog

Was there any progress on this? I was interested in the same thing, whether if it’s code or an actual plugin.

Thanks!

You will have te create a custom function, either in your theme’s functions.php or in plugins/bp-custom.php, that filters the output of that function and replaces it with the avatar of your choice. Eg, if your blog_id is 5,
‘function my_blog_avatar( $old_avatar ) {
// Do some stuff to get the avatar you want, then
return $new_avatar;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_get_blog_avatar_5’, ‘my_blog_avatar’ );`

The ‘do some stuff’ part will depend highly on your setup. If by ‘the associated group’ you mean that you are using bp-groupblog, then you will likely have to do some direct queries of the groupmeta database table to find the group that is associated with a particular blog (I don’t think that the plugin stores that info in a place that is easily accessible by blog_id). Then you will use some permutation of bp_core_fetch_avatar() to pull up the avatar for that group_id.

Good luck!

Hi @BuddyPresser,

I would like to add to Javier’s @arques post above. His method does work but it’s missing the initial sign-up screen where gravatar is being pulled. I also rewrote his path a bit. This should do the trick for killing all Gravatar calls. If someone has more time than I it would be great to have this in plugin form. Here is the code:

`
function bp_remove_gravatar ($image, $params, $item_id, $avatar_dir, $css_id, $html_width, $html_height, $avatar_folder_url, $avatar_folder_dir) {

$default = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .’/_inc/images/bp_default_avatar.jpg’;

if( $image && strpos( $image, “gravatar.com” ) ){

return ‘‘;
} else {
return $image;

}

}
add_filter(‘bp_core_fetch_avatar’, ‘bp_remove_gravatar’, 1, 9 );

function remove_gravatar ($avatar, $id_or_email, $size, $default, $alt) {

$default = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .’/_inc/images/bp_default_avatar.jpg’;
return ““;
}

add_filter(‘get_avatar’, ‘remove_gravatar’, 1, 5);

function bp_remove_signup_gravatar ($image) {

$default = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .’/_inc/images/bp_default_avatar.jpg’;

if( $image && strpos( $image, “gravatar.com” ) ){

return ‘‘;
} else {
return $image;
}

}
add_filter(‘bp_get_signup_avatar’, ‘bp_remove_signup_gravatar’, 1, 1 );
`

The image that I am referencing doesn’t have to be a JPG. The size is 150×150. You may have to adjust the file name and/or path to your liking.

Thanks @arques for the initial code!

If you need to stay on BP 1.2.4, you could probably just copy the part of the bp_core_fetch_avatar() function that adds support for the ‘html’ parameter… but I’d strongly suggest upgrading when you have the chance.

See the codex article on upgrading:
https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/upgrading-buddypress/

Try this:
`bp_core_fetch_avatar( ‘html=false’ );`

Be sure to check out the full parameters for the function in bp-core-avatars.php.

Hi @BuddyPresser !
I have found out another way get it not editing core files. Put this filter into your functions.php file:

`function bp_remove_gravatar ($image, $params, $item_id, $avatar_dir, $css_id, $html_width, $html_height, $avatar_folder_url, $avatar_folder_dir) {

$default = ‘http://yoursite.net/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/images/mystery-man.jpg’;

if( $image && strpos( $image, “gravatar.com” ) ){

return ‘‘;
}else
return $image;

}
add_filter(‘bp_core_fetch_avatar’, ‘bp_remove_gravatar’, 1, 9 );

function remove_gravatar ($avatar, $id_or_email, $size, $default, $alt) {

$default = ‘http://yoursite.net/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/images/mystery-man.jpg’;
return ““;
}

add_filter(‘get_avatar’, ‘remove_gravatar’, 1, 5);
`

It worked for me

Cool, I’m glad the first part worked!

Here’s a thrown-together-in-five-minutes filter to replace missing avatars with BP’s default mystery man. This probably won’t differentiate between user and group avatars, which you’ll have to sniff out of the $params array (in sort of the same way that I do with width and height). The basic idea is: if bp_core_fetch_avatar is not outputting any HTML, swap out the boolean false with the default mystery man.

`function bbg_no_avatar( $html, $params ) {
if ( !$html ) {
if ( $params )
$height = ‘ height=”‘ . $params . ‘”‘;

if ( $params )
$height = ‘ width=”‘ . $params . ‘”‘;

$default_image_url = WP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/buddypress/bp-core/images/mystery-man.jpg’;
$html = ‘‘;
}

return $html;
}
add_action( ‘bp_core_fetch_avatar’, ‘bbg_no_avatar’, 10, 2 );`

Hello Boone,

So step 1 WORKS!
Hooray This was pretty simple, i’m sorry I couldn’t find it on my own.

As far as step 2 is concerned
You are right, previous users who had the mistery man icon don’t have an avatar anymore.
I took a look at the ‘bp_core_fetch_avatar’ section but i’m not quite sure how to write the filter you mentioned.
Could I abuse of your help and ask for an example? Would really be great.

Thank you,
C.

At the moment, there is no easy way to turn off Gravatar. I agree that there should be an easy way, as there can be performance concerns, as @mistercyril. (Though I find “I’m starting to think I’m the only one concerned with performance” unnecessarily confrontational.) I’ve had issues with it in the past myself.

I’ve just opened a ticket to make disabling Gravatar easier: https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2697 Until it’s been implemented, here’s the general core-hack strategy for disabling Gravatar altogether:
1) In bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php, find where the $defaults for bp_core_fetch_avatar() are set. Change
`’no_grav’ => false,`
to
`’no_grav’ => true,`

2) There will likely be some instances where the Mystery Man doesn’t kick in properly (group avatars, existing users). Write a filter for `’bp_core_fetch_avatar’` that sets the avatar to some default value when no avatar is returned.