Simply Doesn’t Work

@wporg4ssorg are you seeing the uploaded avatar render correctly on the user profile page? If so, it’s possible the theme you’re using isn’t utilizing the correct WordPress core filters to render avatars (see more here). Can you share a bit more about your WordPress version, theme version, and any other active plugins versions so we can better triage?

The avatar doesn’t show anywhere except as an image in the Media Library, where it’s showing three times, probably from multiple upload attempts. It does not show either in the comments or on the user’s profile page.

The Dashboard At a Glance section says: WordPress 6.5.4 running Essence theme.

Plugins are relatively few and simple:

Contact Form 7

Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

Version 5.9.6 | By?Takayuki Miyoshi?|?View details

Essence Theme Core

Essence theme core plugin.

Version 1.2.1 | By?Lucid Themes?|?Visit plugin site

Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights

The best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website, so you can keep them coming back.

Version 8.27.0 | By?MonsterInsights?|?View details

LH Archived Post Status

Creates an archived post status. Content can be excluded from the main loop and feed (but visible with a message), or hidden entirely

Version 3.10 | By?Peter Shaw?|?View details

Login or Logout Menu Item

Adds a new Menu item which dynamically changes from login to logout depending on the current users logged in status.

Version 1.2.3 | By cartpauj |?View details

LoginPress

LoginPress is the best?wp-login?Login Page Customizer plugin by?WPBrigade?which allows you to completely change the layout of login, register and forgot password forms.

Version 3.1.0 | By?LoginPress?|?View details?|?Vote!?|?

Noptin - WordPress Newsletter Plugin

A very fast and lightweight WordPress newsletter plugin

Version 3.4.3 | By?Noptin Newsletter?|?View details

Simple Local Avatars

Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand, just like Gravatar! Simple and lightweight.

Version 2.7.10 | By?10up?|?View details

Subscribe to Comments Reloaded

Subscribe to Comments Reloaded is a robust plugin that enables commenters to sign up for e-mail notifications. It includes a full-featured subscription manager that your commenters can use to unsubscribe to certain posts or suspend all notifications.

Version 240119 | By?WPKube?|?View details

The Bluehost Plugin

WordPress plugin that integrates a WordPress site with the Bluehost control panel, including performance, security, and update features.

Version 3.12.0 | By?Bluehost?|?View details

WP Mail SMTP

Reconfigures the?wp_mail()?function to use Gmail/Mailgun/SendGrid/SMTP instead of the default?mail()?and creates an options page to manage the settings.

Version 4.0.1 | By?WP Mail SMTP?|?View details

WPForms Lite

Beginner friendly WordPress contact form plugin. Use our Drag & Drop form builder to create your WordPress forms.

Version 1.8.9.2 | By?WPForms?|?View details

Thanks for providing that plugin list! Some follow-up questions for you so I can try and fully replicate your issue and best help find a solution…

I turned off Gravatars.

Can you share how/where you did this?

Essence Theme Core

The Bluehost Plugin

I’m not able to find either of these in the WP.org plugin repository, could you provide a link to each so I can get them loaded in my test site?

After setting up as close a site to what you’ve provided, I am seeing that uploaded images in Simple Local Avatars render as expected on the All Users: https://ibb.co/KF5YJg2. The basic Essence set up does not appear to render avatars on posts/pages, so I’m wondering if there’s a good template you’re using that I can check to ensure its outputting WP avatars correctly?

Here’s a ZIP of a WP Playground site that I’m using to try and triage so you can see what I’m seeing so far: https://file.io/5ghE9yidO6bc.

Thanks for your quick response. Sorry I took so long.

After I installed Simple Local Avatars I unchecked Show Avatars and checked Only show local avatars on the WordPress Discussion Settings page. To get rid of Gravatars completely I followed advice from this forum, checked Show Avatars so I could set the Gravatar default to None, then unchecked it again.

The site uses the Essence Theme from Lucid and is hosted on Blhuhost. I assume they installed their respective plugins, which I haven’t changed.

I’m a very experienced programmer in general and with ASP.NET, but I’m a beginner with WordPress and PHP. I’ve found the process of trying to set up a simple, basic WordPress blog difficult and confusing, lost in the flood of plugins insisting they’re necessary and the best, especially if I subscribe. The site is for my sister who was totally lost setting it up. She’d have given up long ago. I don’t want to work at the PHP level, sticking to simple, free plugins to meet her minimal needs for a small, non-commercial, membership site where she can discuss her blog posts with a small, managed group.

Thanks for the help.

I’ve the same problem. The plugin loads the image correctly in the media but it is not displayed anywhere. Not even in the user settings page inside the dashboard and not even in the frontend.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by mbossi.

I was debugging a client site with what I consider is the same issue:

1. Avatars don’t show up on the frontend.
2. Avatars are not showing up on the backend, not even on the User Profile page.
3. No PHP & JavaScript errors, uploading functionality works fine.

Turns out that under Discussion Settings (wp-admin/options-discussion.php), the Avatar Display options was unchecked.

Therefore no avatars showed, neither Gravatars, nor Local Avatars. Toggled the option on, and everything is working fine.

Same in my current project:

1. Avatars don’t show up on the frontend.
2. Avatars are not showing up on the backend, not even on the User Profile page.
3. No PHP & JavaScript errors, uploading functionality works fine.