Not pulling a default profile pic image

[allana]

Hi,

No (default) profile pic is showing before a user uploads their own. So at the moment if i create a profile i am just getting a quesiton mark where the profile pic is (see attachment)

Is there a way of having a default image show up for users who have not uploaded their own?

Thanks!

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[Kieran_SQ]

Hi @allana,

That’s very strange indeed as that image comes from WordPress and you’re getting a 404 error for it. Are you by chance using any plugin or custom code to do with Gravatars or Speed up site by removing X piece of code?

If you’d like to be able to set your own please use the below code in your functions.php file

COPY CODE

define ( 'BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT', $img_url );
define ( 'BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT_THUMB', $img_url );

An example with a URL is

COPY CODE

define ( 'BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT', 'http://example.com/default-avatar.jpg' );
define ( 'BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT_THUMB', 'http://example.com/default-avatar-thumb.jpg' );

You can read more on this here: https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/guides/customizing-buddypress-avatars/

Thanks,

Kieran.

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[allana]

Hi,
Do you mean: make these changes in the main funtions.php …or the child theme?

I tried pasting the code into the child theme and nothing changed :/

[Kieran_SQ]

Hi,

My apologies I should have said as much. These changes should be added to your child theme’s functions.php

Is this where you added the code?

Kieran.

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[allana]

Yeah thats where I added it. Oddly enough, the BP avatiar default image has come back (after uninstalling a plugin) but i still cant set a custom default image.

[Kieran_SQ]

Hi,

By chance was the plugin Jetpack?

Could you try the code in bp-custom.php and see if that works? You can see how to create this file here https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/bp-custom-php/

Kieran.

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[allana]

Cool, i created the bp-custom.php files no problem, but when i entered and saved the code below, the text of the code itself appeared across the top of the page. Did i need to put some kind of tags either side of the code? Sorry, im new to this 🙂

define ( ‘BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT’, ‘http://example.com/default-avatar.jpg’ );
define ( ‘BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT_THUMB’, ‘http://example.com/default-avatar-thumb.jpg’ );

[Kieran_SQ]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Sorry to hear it isn’t working for you, please remove the snippet I sent you from functions.php and bp-custom.php and try the following in your child theme’s functions.php

COPY CODE

//Custom avatar for no avatar user
function myavatar_add_default_avatar( $url ){
return 'http://www.mydomain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/avatarDefault.png';
}
add_filter( 'bp_core_mysteryman_src', 'myavatar_add_default_avatar' );

Please replace the path to the image with your own. If that doesn’t work please follow this post on WPMUdev https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-add-a-custom-default-avatar-for-buddypress-members-and-groups/

Thanks,

Kieran

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