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Register/change buddypress avatar for user

webdice
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@webdice

11 years, 7 months ago

I’m currently working on a custom registration form where i want to apply an image upload as the users “avatar”. Registering it to a new meta key is piece of cake, the hard part is, how do i overwrite the “buddypress” avatar? The one that’s available from Profile -> Change Avatar?

I’ve searched the entire web for this and the only thing i find is how to change “default avatar” for all users. I want to register this for the current user only!

How are buddypress avatars saved when processing the “change avatar” action in profile->Change avatar ? Is there a meta key of some sort where i can save an image dir to?

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webdice
Participant

@webdice

11 years, 7 months ago

Hello?

webdice
Participant

@webdice

11 years, 7 months ago

Can someone reply i’m freaking out!!! Can’t find the solution anywhere!!!

r-a-y
Keymaster

@r-a-y

11 years, 7 months ago

Avatar information is not stored in the database, but rather in the filesystem.

Check your WP uploads folder, followed by another folder called “avatars”.

Avatars use a hash followed by a suffix to denote the type of avatar.

eg.

`/wp-content/uploads/avatars/USER_ID/dfjkljlksjdflksjdklf-bpfull.jpg` -for full-size avatar
`/wp-content/uploads/avatars/USER_ID/dfjkljlksjdflksjdklf-bpthumb.jpg` -for thumbnail avatar

You could, in theory, use anything for the filename of the avatar. Just make sure the suffix is there.

Give that a shot.

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