I’m having the same trouble. Prior to WP 3.8.x we have integrated wp-user-avatar successfully at 1wd.tv where forum participants could upload, crop and later edit their avatars all from the front end.
Since a customer notified us that they can no longer do any of this, we have isolated and tested the following:
1) We are on latest version of WP 3.8.1
2) We are on latest version of bbPress 2.5.3
3) There are no .js or other plugin conflicts (we’ve been stable for a while, no changes, and nothing shows in debug or console)
4) The issue seems to be a combination of two factors:
a) In previous mix of wp-user-avatar and pre WP 3.8.1 the avatar images were editable and reachable by “non-contributors” and “non-authors” from the front-end, when on the bbPress edit profile pages. Now they are not.
If a user has a role of anything other than admin, contributor or author, it redirects them to our fallback “my-account” page because the role does not match with any of those three…whereas before they could get to their image right there, inline, on the front end (was wonderful!)
b) When we change the test user role to any of the above three, then the “edit image” button WILL send the user to the BACK-END of wp-admin dashboard… which is counter-productive. The entire benefit of this plugin previously was that it allowed a “front-end” access to editing the avatars, because we never want anyone on the back-end who is merely a bbPress participant.
I’ve tested this to death and I’m convinced that the solution is a mix of the new WP 3.8 image handling and the mods in the plugin…because even if I revert back to an earlier version of wp-user-avatar (1.5.7 for example), the behavior is exactly the same.
I am hopeful that the problem here is clear…and that you can find a way to restore the front-end “only” functionality so that non-contributing members of a community site can upload, edit and change their avatars again.
Best regards!!
Cheers,
Spence
