Title: Avatars
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Avatars

 *  Resolved [Mark Burgess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markburgess/)
 * (@markburgess)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avatars-23/)
 * [list_board_members] doesn’t show local profile image that shows on the backend,
   it only shows a Gravatar. I tried using Simple Local Avatar and WP User Avatar
   and if the user hasn’t registered a Gravatar, their image doesn’t show….not even
   the default.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nonprofit-board-management/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nonprofit-board-management/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Wired Impact](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wiredimpact/)
 * (@wiredimpact)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avatars-23/#post-5142711)
 * Thanks for reaching out Mark. I’m not quite sure I understand. So, their Gravatar
   image isn’t pulling through to the front-end of the website? Right now the system
   is set up to only use the Gravatars provided at [http://en.gravatar.com/](http://en.gravatar.com/),
   otherwise no image will show at all.
 * If you’d like to do some more custom coding to show different images, you’ll 
   need to copy the file at templates/list-board-members.php to your active theme’s
   folder and modify it to meet your needs. Unfortunately, this would require you
   to have a knowledge of coding.
 * Let me know if that’s helpful.
 * Jonathan
    Wired Impact
 *  Thread Starter [Mark Burgess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markburgess/)
 * (@markburgess)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avatars-23/#post-5142712)
 * The problem is I can’t require everyone of the volunteers to register at gravatar.
   com, but I can load a local avatar (photo) into their profile. Since the backend
   list of board members shows the local photo, why not the front end?
 *  Plugin Author [Wired Impact](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wiredimpact/)
 * (@wiredimpact)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avatars-23/#post-5142714)
 * Thanks Mark. I understand much better now. Please copy the file within the plugin
   folder under templates/list-board-members.php to your active theme. Within that
   file find this code:
 *     ```
       <?php
       //Gravatar photo from http://en.gravatar.com/
       if( $this->validate_gravatar( $email ) ){
         echo get_avatar( $board_member->ID, '75' );
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * and change it to:
 *     ```
       <?php
       //Gravatar photo from http://en.gravatar.com/
       echo get_avatar( $board_member->ID, '75' );
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Basically, we’re removing the code that checks if they have a gravatar photo.
   You’ll just need to make sure that each person has a photo loaded already.
 * Let me know how that works out for you.
 * Jonathan
    Wired Impact
 *  Plugin Author [Wired Impact](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wiredimpact/)
 * (@wiredimpact)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avatars-23/#post-5142859)
 * Hi Mark,
 * Since we haven’t heard back I’m going to mark this as resolved. Feel free to 
   reach out again if you’re still running into issues.
 * Thanks.
 * Jonathan
 *  [bkerensa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bkerensa/)
 * (@bkerensa)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avatars-23/#post-5142933)
 * Jonathan,
 * Is there any chance you guys can just add this functionality to the plugin and
   have a settings page to toggle between local avatar and gravatar?
 *  Plugin Author [Wired Impact](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wiredimpact/)
 * (@wiredimpact)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avatars-23/#post-5142934)
 * Hi Benjamin,
 * Thanks for reaching out. It’s possible at some point in the future we’d incorporate
   this type of functionality into the plugin with a toggle on a settings page, 
   but we don’t have any imminent plans to do so.
 * That said, we really appreciate you letting us know it would be helpful. For 
   the time being, I’d recommend following the steps that Jonathan outlined above.
 * Let us know if you have any further questions.
 * David

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