Title: Member Avatar
Last modified: March 15, 2024

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# Member Avatar

 *  Resolved [suitedconnector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suitedconnector/)
 * (@suitedconnector)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/member-avatar/)
 * I created a member avatar submission with the Register Helper a few years ago.
   My client contacted me to make new site updates and now I see that Register Helper
   is deprecated. 
   I also noticed that the member avatar is loading the wrong avatar
   on several members’ author pages. Several members display the avatar of a different
   member on their author pages.Do I need to delete the Register Helper? I used 
   the Code Snippets plugin to load the php code for the Register Helper Avatar.

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 *  Thread Starter [suitedconnector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suitedconnector/)
 * (@suitedconnector)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/member-avatar/#post-17507481)
 * Anyone?
 *  Plugin Support [Jarryd Long](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarryd-long/)
 * (@jarryd-long)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/member-avatar/#post-17511047)
 * Hi there, thank you for reaching out to Paid Memberships Pro.
 * The Register Helper Add On has been deprecated and can be deactivated and uninstalled–
   the same functionality has been implemented into the PMPro Core plugin. Your 
   existing Register Helper code will work without it.
 * Can you send me the code you are using to create the avatar field so that I can
   take a further look into this for you.
 *  Thread Starter [suitedconnector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suitedconnector/)
 * (@suitedconnector)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/member-avatar/#post-17516685)
 * I used this code in the Code Snippets plugin:
 * /*
    - Allow members to upload their avatar using a Register Helper field during 
      checkout or on the Member Profile Edit page.
      *
    - Requires: Paid Memberships Pro, Register Helper Add On.
      *
    - You can add this recipe to your site by creating a custom plugin
    - or using the Code Snippets plugin available for free in the WordPress repository.
    - Read this companion article for step-by-step directions on either method.
    - [https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/create-a-plugin-for-pmpro-customizations/](https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/create-a-plugin-for-pmpro-customizations/)
      */
 * // Filter the saved or updated User Avatar meta field value and add the image
   to the Media Library.
   function my_updated_user_avatar_user_meta( $meta_id, $user_id,
   $meta_key, $meta_value ) {// Change user_avatar to your Register Helper file 
   upload name.if ( ‘user_avatar’ === $meta_key ) {$user_info = get_userdata( $user_id);
   $filename = $meta_value[‘fullpath’];$filetype = wp_check_filetype( basename( 
   $filename ), null );$wp_upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();$attachment = array(‘post_mime_type’
   => $filetype[‘type’],‘post_title’ => preg_replace( ‘/.[^.]+$/’, ”, basename( 
   $filename ) ),‘post_status’ => ‘inherit’,);$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment(
   $attachment, $filename );// Make sure that this file is included, as wp_generate_attachment_metadata()
   depends on it.require_once ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/image.php’;$attach_data
   = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $filename );wp_update_attachment_metadata(
   $attach_id, $attach_data );update_user_meta( $user_id, ‘wp_user_avatar’, $attach_id);}}
   add_action( ‘added_user_meta’, ‘my_updated_user_avatar_user_meta’, 10, 4 );add_action(‘
   updated_user_meta’, ‘my_updated_user_avatar_user_meta’, 10, 4 );
 * // Filter the display of the the get_avatar function to use our local avatar.
   
   function my_user_avatar_filter( $avatar, $id_or_email, $size, $default, $alt ){
   $my_user = get_userdata( $id_or_email );if ( ! empty( $my_user ) ) {$avatar_id
   = get_user_meta( $my_user->ID, ‘wp_user_avatar’, true );if ( ! empty( $avatar_id)){
   $avatar = wp_get_attachment_url( $avatar_id, $size );$avatar = “⌊{$alt}⌉“;}}return
   $avatar;}add_filter( ‘get_avatar’, ‘my_user_avatar_filter’, 20, 5 );
 * // Add the User Avatar field at checkout and on the profile edit forms.
   function
   my_pmprorh_init_user_avatar() {//don’t break if Register Helper is not loadedif(!
   function_exists( ‘pmprorh_add_registration_field’ ) ) {return false;}//define
   the fields$fields = array();$fields[] = new PMProRH_Field(‘user_avatar’, // input
   name, will also be used as meta key‘file’, // type of fieldarray(‘label’ => ‘
   Member Avatar’,‘hint’ => ‘Please upload a photo for your Staff Member account
   profile. The recommended size is 200px X 200px.’,‘profile’ => true, // show in
   user profile‘preview’ => true, // show a preview-sized version of the image‘addmember’
   => true,‘allow_delete’ => true,‘levels’ => array(5)));
 *     ```wp-block-code
       //add the fields into a new checkout_boxes are of the checkout page
       foreach ( $fields as $field ) {
           pmprorh_add_registration_field(
               'checkout_boxes', // location on checkout page
               $field            // PMProRH_Field object
           );
       }
       ```
   
 * }
   add_action( ‘init’, ‘my_pmprorh_init_user_avatar’ );
 *  Thread Starter [suitedconnector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suitedconnector/)
 * (@suitedconnector)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/member-avatar/#post-17523257)
 * Any thoughts on that code?
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Lima](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewza/)
 * (@andrewza)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/member-avatar/#post-17525760)
 * Thank you for your patience [@suitedconnector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suitedconnector/),
   the code looks okay to me. I recommend to move over to using the User Fields 
   code and migrate away from using the Register Helper Add On – [https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/register-helper-add-on-deprecated/](https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/register-helper-add-on-deprecated/)
 * While the code will still work on the Register Helper Add On the newer method
   will be supported moving forward.
 * I cannot say why this functionality stopped working recently, if you have added
   any other plugin or theme that may allow WordPress users to upload their own 
   avatar may be overriding this code and functionality. I suggest in looking here
   first.
 * If you need help debugging this issue even further, please reach out to a local
   WordPress developer or post to [https://jobs.wordpress.net](https://jobs.wordpress.net)
   as it seems to be a site specific issue.
 * Kind Regards,
   Andrew Lima_Operations Manager at Paid Memberships Pro_

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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Lima](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewza/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/member-avatar/#post-17525760)
 * Status: resolved