it’s not just url, but something..
<?php echo bp_core_get_avatar( user_id_here, 1 ) ?>
you will get ->
<img src="http://your.site/wp-content/blogs.dir/blog_id_here/files/avatars/user_id_here/user_avatar.jpg" alt="" class="avatar photo" width="50" height="50" />
Thanks for the reply, but that’s not what I need… I know what I can use to get the full “<img src=”http://your.site/wp-content/blogs.dir/blog_id_here/files/avatars/user_id_here/user_avatar.jpg” alt=”” class=”avatar photo” width=”50″ height=”50″ />” , but I need something that only gives me the image-url, in this case, “http://your.site/wp-content/blogs.dir/blog_id_here/files/avatars/user_id_here/user_avatar.jpg…”
Is there anything I can do to make Buddypress return only the image url?
add new function in wp-core-avatars.php ->
function bp_core_get_avatar_url( $user, $version = 1, $width = null, $height = null, $no_tag = false ) {
global $bp, $current_blog;
if ( !is_int($version) )
$version = (int) $version;
if ( CORE_AVATAR_V2_W == false && CORE_AVATAR_V2_H == false )
$version = 1;
if ( !$width )
$width = constant('CORE_AVATAR_V' . $version . '_W');
if ( !$height )
$height = constant('CORE_AVATAR_V' . $version . '_H');
$avatar_file = get_usermeta( $user, "bp_core_avatar_v$version" );
$url = $bp['root_domain'] . '/' . $avatar_file;
if ( strlen($avatar_file) ) {
if ( $no_tag )
return $url;
else
return $url;
} else {
$ud = get_userdata($user);
$grav_option = get_site_option('user-avatar-default');
if ( $grav_option == '' ) {
$default_grav = 'wavatar';
} else if ( $grav_option == 'mystery' ) {
$default_grav = site_url('wp-content/mu-plugins/bp-core/images/mystery-man.jpg');
} else {
$default_grav = $grav_option;
}
$gravatar = 'https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/' . md5( $ud->user_email ) . '?d=' . $default_grav . '&s=';
if ( $no_tag )
return $gravatar . constant('CORE_AVATAR_V' . $version . '_W');
else
return $gravatar . constant('CORE_AVATAR_V' . $version . '_W');
}
}
and use bp_core_get_avatar_url(user_id_here,1)
gerbilo, to be quite honest with you, I do not think this one will do what I need. Anyway I will try it out, and come back to you with some info on how this works.
– Thanks for helping me out. 
In bp-core-classes.php is BP_Core_User
/**
* BP_Core_User class can be used by any component. It will fetch useful
* details for any user when provided with a user_id.
*
* Example:
* $user = new BP_Core_User( $user_id );
* $user_avatar = $user->avatar;
* $user_email = $user->email;
* $user_status = $user->status;
* etc.
*
* @package BuddyPress Core
*/
Lots of stuff in that class. You need a user id to instantiate one.
seppolaatle112, to be quite honest with you – it’ll do exactlty what you need.
Do you know what gerbilo? You are right. That piece of code you came up with actually did exactly what I asked.
It was me who came with too little information in the thread to get a correct answer to what I actually needed, and that’s why this would not work for me.
Without writing much on exactly what I wanted to do, I can at least mention that I got it working now. It was actually kind of fun to take a look into the Buddypress Core-files and actually do it myself.
– Thanks for helping me out with my issues here.! 
oh.. nice to heard that you got what you want finally )) but it would be better if you paste you editions here for the next generations )
Sorry to revive an old thread but I’m trying to do this as well. What’s the best method now with the latest version of BP and WP 3.0? I just want to fetch the avatar url for posting avatars in a chat box. So far I’m able to use bp_core_avatar_url() but that only fetches the uploaded directory /uploads.
Thanks in advance
Use bp_core_fetch_avatar() and pass the “html” argument as false.
Check out bp_core_fetch_avatar() @ /bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php.
Thanks for your reply!
Using bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( ‘html’ => false ) ) but still not quite working, do I need to call the logged in user id somehow along with this?
@odiggy – You could also use:
bp_loggedin_user_avatar( 'html=false' );
(available in /bp-core/bp-core-templatetags.php)
Because that will automatically call the logged in user’s avatar without using the generic bp_core_fetch_avatar() and needing additional parameters.
Sweet that worked! Can I buy you a beer?
@odiggy Try the Donate button on one of r-a-y’s plugins: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/oembed-for-buddypress/
r-a-y, Thanks for the extra answer. I started trying to document some of the bp_core_fetch_avatar function so that I could add it to the codex: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-avatar-size-sometimes-creates-fuzzy-avatars/ This is a good addition.
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
