Title: Hook Not Work
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Hook Not Work

 *  Resolved [Harris Marfel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hrace009/)
 * (@hrace009)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hook-not-work/)
 * i try using this hook
    `do_action('edit_user_avatar', $current_user);` it was
   showing at my front end costume profile. I try to chose image and Update profile,
   it not update and roll back again to previous image.
 * but if i try to change it from Back End / Stand alone page using `[avatar_upload]`
   it was working well
 * can someone light me up?
 * here the code on my costume front end profile:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * Template Name: Profile
        *
        * @package Twenty_Fourteen
        * @subpackage Twenty_Fourteen
        * @since Twenty Fourteen 1.0
        */
   
       get_header(); 
   
       $wpdb->hide_errors(); auth_redirect_login(); nocache_headers();
       global $userdata; get_currentuserinfo(); // grabs the user info and puts into vars
       // check to see if the form has been posted. If so, validate the fields
       if(!empty($_POST['action']))
       {
       require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/user.php');
       require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/registration.php');
       check_admin_referer('update-profile_' . $user_ID);
       $errors = edit_user($user_ID);
       if ( is_wp_error( $errors ) ) {
       foreach( $errors->get_error_messages() as $message )
       $errmsg = "$message";
       //exit;
       }
       // if there are no errors, then process the ad updates
       if($errmsg == '')
       {
       do_action('personal_options_update');
       $d_url = $_POST['dashboard_url'];
       wp_redirect( get_option("siteurl").'?page_id='.$post->ID.'&updated=true' );
       }
       else {
       $errmsg = '<div class="pwerror">** ' . $errmsg . ' **</div>';
       $errcolor = 'style="background-color:#FFEBE8;border:1px solid #CC0000;"';
       }
       }
       ?>
   
       <div id="main-content" class="main-content">
   
       <?php
       	if ( is_front_page() && twentyfourteen_has_featured_posts() ) {
       		// Include the featured content template.
       		get_template_part( 'featured-content' );
       	}
       ?>
       	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
       		<div id="content" class="site-content" role="main">
   
       <?php if ( isset($_GET['updated']) ) {
       $d_url = $_GET['d'];?>
       <p class="message"><?php _e('Your profile has been updated.','cp')?></p>
       <?php } ?>
       <?php echo $errmsg; ?>
       <form name="profile" action="" method="post">
       <?php wp_nonce_field('update-profile_' . $user_ID) ?>
       <input type="hidden" name="from" value="profile" />
       <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" />
       <input type="hidden" name="checkuser_id" value="<?php echo $user_ID ?>" />
       <input type="hidden" name="dashboard_url" value="<?php echo get_option("dashboard_url"); ?>" />
       <input type="hidden" name="user_id" id="user_id" value="<?php echo $user_ID; ?>" />
       <table class="pwtable">
         <tr>
           <th colspan="3" scope="col"><h3>User Info</h3></th>
         </tr>
       <tr>
       <th><label for="user_login"><?php _e('Username','cp'); ?></label></th>
       <td><input type="text" name="user_login" class="mid2" id="user_login" value="<?php echo $userdata->user_login; ?>" size="35" maxlength="100" disabled /></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <th><label for="first_name"><?php _e('First Name','cp') ?></label></th>
       <td><input type="text" name="first_name" class="mid2" id="first_name" value="<?php echo $userdata->first_name ?>" size="35" maxlength="100" /></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <th><label for="last_name"><?php _e('Last Name','cp') ?></label></th>
       <td><input type="text" name="last_name" class="mid2" id="last_name" value="<?php echo $userdata->last_name ?>" size="35" maxlength="100" /></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <th><label for="email"><?php _e('Email','cp') ?></label></th>
       <td><input type="text" name="email" class="mid2" id="email" value="<?php echo $userdata->user_email ?>" size="35" maxlength="100" /></td>
       </tr>
       </table>
       <table class="pwtable">
         <tr>
           <th colspan="3" scope="col"><h3>Password</h3></th>
         </tr>
       <?php
       $show_password_fields = apply_filters('show_password_fields', true);
       if ( $show_password_fields ) :
       ?>
       <tr>
       <th><label for="pass1"><?php _e('New Password','cp'); ?></label></th>
       <td>
       <input type="password" name="pass1" class="mid2" id="pass1" size="35" maxlength="50" value="" />
       <small><?php _e('Leave this field blank unless you\'d like to change your password.','cp'); ?></small>
       </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <th><label for="pass1"><?php _e('Password Again','cp'); ?></label></th>
       <td>
       <input type="password" name="pass2" class="mid2" id="pass2" size="35" maxlength="50" value="" />
       <small><?php _e('Type your new password again.','cp'); ?></small></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       </tr>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </table>
         <table class="pwtable">
         <tr>
           <th colspan="3" scope="col"><?php do_action('edit_user_avatar', $current_user); ?></th>
         </tr>
       	    <tr>
           <th colspan="3" scope="col"><input type="submit" class="button" value="Update profile" name="submit" /></th>
         </tr>
       </table>
       </form>
       		</div><!-- #content -->
       	</div><!-- #primary -->
       	<?php get_sidebar( 'content' ); ?>
       </div><!-- #main-content -->
   
       <?php
       get_sidebar();
       get_footer();
       ```
   
 * function.php
 *     ```
       function my_avatar_filter() {
         // Remove from show_user_profile hook
         remove_action('show_user_profile', array('wp_user_avatar', 'wpua_action_show_user_profile'));
         remove_action('show_user_profile', array('wp_user_avatar', 'wpua_media_upload_scripts'));
   
         // Remove from edit_user_profile hook
         remove_action('edit_user_profile', array('wp_user_avatar', 'wpua_action_show_user_profile'));
         remove_action('edit_user_profile', array('wp_user_avatar', 'wpua_media_upload_scripts'));
   
         // Add to edit_user_avatar hook
         add_action('edit_user_avatar', array('wp_user_avatar', 'wpua_action_show_user_profile'));
         add_action('edit_user_avatar', array('wp_user_avatar', 'wpua_media_upload_scripts'));
       }
   
       // Loads only outside of administration panel
       if(!is_admin()) {
         add_action('init','my_avatar_filter');
       }
   
       remove_action('wpua_before_avatar', 'wpua_do_before_avatar');
       remove_action('wpua_after_avatar', 'wpua_do_after_avatar');
   
       function my_before_avatar() {
         echo '<div id="my-avatar">';
       }
       add_action('wpua_before_avatar', 'my_before_avatar');
   
       function my_after_avatar() {
         echo '</div>';
       }
       add_action('wpua_after_avatar', 'my_after_avatar');
       ```
   
 * let me know if you need access to my website.
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/)

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 *  [Bangbay Siboliban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bangbay/)
 * (@bangbay)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hook-not-work/#post-4893452)
 * Try changing:
 * `do_action('edit_user_avatar', $current_user);`
 * to:
 * `do_action('edit_user_avatar', $userdata);`
 * and also:
 * `<form name="profile" action="" method="post">`
 * to:
 * `<form name="profile" action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">`
 *  Thread Starter [Harris Marfel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hrace009/)
 * (@hrace009)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hook-not-work/#post-4893453)
 * thank you bangbay.
    it was work 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Harris Marfel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hrace009/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hook-not-work/#post-4893453)
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