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<?php $user_id = get_current_user_id(); ?>
<a href="<?php echo bp_core_get_user_domain( $user_id ); ?>"><?php echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'item_id' => $user_id ) ); ?></a>

Your request is more properly asked of the plugin creator.
You could try this:
Open birds-author-box\public\frontend.php and replace this:

           if (get_the_author_meta('image', get_query_var('author')))
            {
                $content.= '<img class="birds_box_avatar" src="' . get_the_author_meta('image', get_query_var('author')) . '">';
            }
            else
            {
                $blank = plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'img/blank.png';
                $content.= '<img class="birds_box_avatar" src="' . $blank . '">';
            }

with this:

$avatar_args = array( 
   'item_id' =>  get_the_author_meta('ID', get_query_var('author')),
   'type' => 'thumb',
   'html' => false
);

$content.= '<img class="birds_box_avatar" src="' . bp_core_fetch_avatar( $avatar_args ) . '">';

Get inspired…
http://oik-plugins.eu/buddypress-a2z/oik_api/bp_core_fetch_avatar/

Case use explained here
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26197187/get-avatar-alternative-for-buddypresss-uploaded-photo

@reinforcez,

the link given by @drakedoc was started over 4 years. Many solutions are given in this thread, and the last one was published a year ago.

That solution works for 1.9 and above !

/* Skip the Gravatar check when using a default BP avatar */ 	
add_filter( 'bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav', '__return_true' );

By the way you have also to modify the global WP setting of avatars to “mystery man” or “nothing”.

Another solution to avoid gravatars slowing down a big site (at least > 500 members), is to use a specific cache plugin like Nix Gravatar Cache. Complete list here.

Hi @tightflks

You can use get_avatar() instead of the BuddyPress function bp_core_fetch_avatar(). See: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_avatar

There might actually be more things you’d need to do. For example, the bp_get_message_thread_avatar() function uses bp_core_fetch_avatar() so you would need to filter that using bp_get_message_thread_avatar etc.

Unless someone else knows of an easier way, it seems as though it’ll be a big task of going through everything. You’d also need to be comfortable with PHP.

Alternatively, you could try disabling avatars by adding this to your bp-custom.php file

define( 'BP_SHOW_AVATARS', false );

Note: I’ve not tested that, I’m just going on what I see at the beginning of the bp_core_fetch_avatar() function. i.e:

// If avatars are disabled for the root site, obey that request and bail
if ( ! buddypress()->avatar->show_avatars )
   return;

Actually scratch that last post – it’s now displaying the avatars as the WordPress avatars in the back-end but not the front end

In that case, I think we’ve just crossed that bridge hehe. i.e the next step will be to replace all instances of bp_core_fetch_avatar() in your front-end templates with get_avatar()

Humm.. not helpful then. In that case we might have to try doing it manually. Perhaps try disabling the filter which replaces the WP avatars with BP avatars. For example, add this to your theme’s functions.php file:

remove_filter( 'get_avatar', 'bp_core_fetch_avatar_filter', 10, 5 );

I think you can disable the Gravatar fallback as well with this:

add_filter( 'bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav', '__return_true' );

If that doesn’t work, you may need to replace all occurrences of bp_core_fetch_avatar() with get_avatar() in your templates. But cross that bridge when you come to it.

Ref: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_avatar

untested:

function no_photos() { 
	global $wpdb;

	$emails = array();
	
	$ids = $wpdb->get_col( "SELECT ID FROM {$wpdb->prefix}users" );

	foreach( $ids as $id ) { 

		$avatar_check = false;
   
		if ( bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'item_id' => $id, 'no_grav' => true, 'html'=> false ) ) != bp_core_avatar_default() )
			$avatar_check = true; 

		if( ! $avatar_check ) { 
			$email = $wpdb->get_var( "SELECT user_email FROM {$wpdb->prefix}users WHERE ID = $id" );
			$emails[] = $email;
		}
	}
		
	$emails = implode(",", $emails);
		
	return $emails;
		
}

Hello im looking for same solution , im looking for days, all solutions uses too many CPU resources because avatars are not stored in database

I found this code add to functions.php but its not working for me

________________________________________________________________________________________________

//Hide members without avatars
add_action( ‘bp_core_delete_existing_avatar’, ‘log_avatar_deleted’ );
add_action( ‘xprofile_avatar_uploaded’, ‘log_avatar_uploaded’ );

//on new avatar upload, record it to user meta
function log_avatar_uploaded(){
update_user_meta(bp_loggedin_user_id(), ‘has_avatar’, 1);
}

//on delete avatar, delete it from user meta
function log_avatar_deleted($args){
if($args[‘object’]!=’user’)
return;
//we are sure it was user avatar delete
//remove the log from user meta
delete_user_meta(bp_loggedin_user_id(), ‘has_avatar’);
}

function modify_loop_and_pag($qs, $object=false) {
global $wpdb;
$include = ”;

if( $object != ‘members’ )//hide for members only
return $qs;

$subscribers = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT user_id FROM {$wpdb->usermeta } WHERE meta_key=’has_avatar'” , ARRAY_N );
foreach($subscribers as $subscriber){
$include = $include . “,” . $subscriber[0];
}

$args = wp_parse_args( $qs );

//check if we are listing friends?, do not apply in this case

if( !empty( $args[‘include’] ) ) {
$args[‘include’] = $args[‘include’] . ‘,’ . $include;
}
else {
$args[‘include’] = $include;
}

$qs = build_query($args);

return $qs;

}
add_action( ‘bp_ajax_querystring’ , ‘modify_loop_and_pag’, 25, 2 );

function current_user_has_avatar($id) {
global $bp;
if ( bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘item_id’ => $id, ‘no_grav’ => true,’html’=> false ) ) != bp_core_avatar_default( ‘local’ ) ) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

// ATTENTION
// This code should be deleted after first site load with the code
//
function init_avatar_meta(){
global $wpdb;
$ids=$wpdb->get_col(“SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users”);//we don’t need to check for meta value anyway
foreach( $ids as $id ){
if( current_user_has_avatar($id) ){
update_user_meta( $id, ‘has_avatar’, 1 );
} else {
delete_user_meta( $id, ‘has_avatar’ );
}
}
}
add_action(‘init’, ‘init_avatar_meta’);

$defaults aren’t being passed by the filter.

Try:

add_filter('bp_member_avatar', 'mm_hide_name_in_alt_text', 1);
function mm_hide_name_in_alt_text( $var ) {
  var_dump( $var ); 
  return $var;
}

Then you should be able to tell what is being passed to the filter and adjust it accordingly.
You could also use the filters in bp_core_fetch_avatar()

So, with the code I suggested in place. You can output the 3 sized avatars on your site like this:

Thumb size:

$type = 'thumb';
$width = 200;
$height = 200;
$user_fullname = bp_get_loggedin_user_fullname();
$user_id = bp_loggedin_user_id();

echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'alt' => $user_fullname, 'class' => 'avatar', 'width' => $width, 'height' => $height, 'item_id' => $user_id, 'type' => $type, 'title' => $user_fullname ) );

Full size:

$type = 'full';
$width = 500;
$height = 500;
$user_fullname = bp_get_loggedin_user_fullname();
$user_id = bp_loggedin_user_id();

echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'alt' => $user_fullname, 'class' => 'avatar', 'width' => $width, 'height' => $height, 'item_id' => $user_id, 'type' => $type, 'title' => $user_fullname ) );

Tiny thumb size:

$width = 20;
$height = 20;
$user_fullname = bp_get_loggedin_user_fullname();
$user_id = bp_loggedin_user_id();

echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'alt' => $user_fullname, 'class' => 'avatar', 'width' => $width, 'height' => $height, 'item_id' => $user_id, 'title' => $user_fullname ) );

Note: It isn’t recommended to change core files in this way because you’ll lose the changes you made on each upgrade. But it’s what you asked for so… 🙂

You’d change $avatar_size = ( ‘full’ == $type ) ? ‘-bpfull’ : ‘-bpthumb; to:

if ($type == 'full' ) {
    $avatar_size = '-bpfull';
} elseif ($type == 'thumb' ) {
    $avatar_size = '-bpthumb';
} else {
    $avatar_size = '-bptinythumb';
}

But that approach wouldn’t be recommended because when you upgrade buddypress your changes will be lost.

The tiny thumb will be the default avatar size. If you wanted to use the thumb or full versions then you’d need to pass thumb or full to bp_core_fetch_avatar

Hi @darqpony

1. Thumbs

define ( 'BP_AVATAR_THUMB_WIDTH', 20 );
define ( 'BP_AVATAR_THUMB_HEIGHT', 20 );

2. Full

define ( 'BP_AVATAR_FULL_WIDTH', 150 );
define ( 'BP_AVATAR_FULL_HEIGHT', 150 );

3. Original

define ( 'BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_WIDTH', 300 );

4. File size

define ( 'BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_FILESIZE', $max_in_kb );

Now, you can use bp_core_fetch_avatar to output either the thumb or the full size avatar. This doesn’t cover the original. You could write your own version of bp_core_fetch_avatar which will output the original as well. That’s if the original is saved. You’ll have to check that it is. I’m sure it will be but have never needed to use it so you might want to make sure.

add this to your bp-custom.php file

add_filter('bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav', '__return_true');

Hi

Try:

echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 
    'alt' => 'Profile picture of ' . bp_get_loggedin_user_fullname(),
    'class' => 'avatar', 
    'width' => 50, 
    'height' => 50, 
    'item_id' => bp_loggedin_user_id(), 
    'type' => 'full', 
    'title'=> bp_get_loggedin_user_fullname()
) );

Not saying this is the problem because I have very limited PHP knowledge but maybe that’s where echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( array(… is getting it’s Avatar from.

I can’t seem to duplicate the problem. It actually works for me.

Can you try using Twenty Thirteen? If that works then that shows something has been introduced (perhaps in your theme or maybe a plugin) which is conflicting with the function.