Post Avatar
Choose an avatar from a pre-defined list to include in a post.
5(1 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Post Avatar is a WordPress post plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 88K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP 5.6.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.
5/51 reviews
100active installs
88K+total downloads
19 yearssince 2007
Overview
Allow authors to select an image from a pre-defined list while in the Post Editor screen. This image will be displayed together with a post.
Post Avatar is similar in concept to Livejournal userpics wherein authors choose images uploaded by the site owner. Developed with Dominik Menke.
Features
- Easy selection of images from within the Post Editor screen.
- Scans images in sub-directories of the image option folder.
- Allows the following file types: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif and .png.
- Flexible with customizing avatar display.
- Display avatars using the default HTML/CSS tags.
- HTML/CSS tags can be edited from with the Settings screen.
- Use template tags and custom filters within themes for advanced customization.
- International language support for Belorussian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Iri…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | 5.6.3+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.6
- 03/31/2015
- Version Upgrade: Minimum supported version is now 3.9
- Fixed: Javascript bug that prevented cycling forward to the start of image list (Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘text’ of undefined).
- Added: Custom filter to allow displaying Post Avatar meta boxes on post types other than posts.
- Added: Custom filters to control image list and post avatar display.
…and 6 more changes
Contributors
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