This is caused by a bug in the ACF Frontend plugin. In order to allow other avatar plugins, the database value of the “Avatar Field” setting when “- None -” is selected is expected to be 'none'
while it is actually an empty string (''
). Thus, other avatar plugins are never allowed.
Fortunately, there is an easy fix for this. Right click on the dropdown select box below “Avatar Field” and select “Inspect Element”. In the element inspector, expand the <select>
element and for the first <option>
element change the value attribute from empty string to “none”. You can do that by double clicking on the attribute and appending ="none"
to it.
When first selected it should look like this:
<option value>
After changing it, it should look like this:
<option value="none">
After you’ve done this change, click on “Save Settings”. If you navigate to a user profile page, you should now be able to edit avatars.