Add avatar to wordpress default

You can add your own image to the default list of avatars listed in Dashboard —-> Settings —-> Discussion….

I came across this code and it works perfectly. Add the following code to your custom_functions.php file…

/*add avatar to wordpress default list*/
add_filter( ‘avatar_defaults’, ‘newgravatar’ );
function newgravatar ($avatar_defaults) {
$myavatar = get_bloginfo(’template_directory’) . ‘/images/name-your-gravatar-image.jpg’;
$avatar_defaults[$myavatar] = “administrator”;
return $avatar_defaults;
}

The add_filter function says that we’ll be editing the avatar_defaults array using our custom function “newgravatar”

The newgravatar function details the location and title of our additional gravatar option

$myavatar = get_bloginfo(’template_directory’) . ‘/images/name-your-gravatar-image.jpg’; points to the new gravatar in the images folder of the template directory

The line after that designates the name that will be displayed next to the image dashboard options. I just happened to name mine administrator, you can name it whatever you want

The third line sends back the results to the avatar_defaults array to be included in the theme

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