Title: BuddyPress Group Default Avatar Author: Vernon Fowler Published: February 5, 2012 Last modified: February 21, 2012 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/buddypress-default-group-avatar/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =500565) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/buddypress-default-group-avatar_ca1800. svg) # BuddyPress Group Default Avatar By [Vernon Fowler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vernonfowler/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/) ## Description Allows specifying the URL of an image to use as the BuddyPress default group avatar. This makes it easy to distinguish groups from members who are using the mystery man default user avatar. The avatar scales from full to thumb as per your theme settings. It works in all situations (activity stream, groups, forums, directory, etc). Upload your image to somewhere within your theme and drop the full URL in the options screen. Not yet working for multisite/network install. ## Screenshots [⌊Settings show the URL input and a preview of your image.⌉⌊Settings show the URL input and a preview of your image.⌉[ Settings show the URL input and a preview of your image. ## Installation 1. Upload `buddypress-default-group-avatar` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Go to BP Group Avatar under the BuddyPress menu and set your image URL. ## FAQ Does the plugin allow me to upload images directly? No. Use the media uploader or FTP. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “BuddyPress Group Default Avatar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Vernon Fowler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vernonfowler/) * [ Tareq Hasan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tareq1988/) [Translate “BuddyPress Group Default Avatar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-default-group-avatar/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/buddypress-default-group-avatar/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypress-default-group-avatar/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypress-default-group-avatar/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1.1 * Changed wording of icon to avatar. * Barely different to Tareq Hasan’s original. ## Meta * Version **0.1.1** * Last updated **14 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * Tags * [avatar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/avatar/)[buddypress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buddypress/) [default](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/default/)[groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/groups/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-default-group-avatar/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Vernon Fowler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vernonfowler/) * [ Tareq Hasan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tareq1988/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-default-group-avatar/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://vfowler.com/)