How does MB Avatar Plugin enable the front end user to upload his avatar?

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May 21, 2022 at 11:43 PM #36116

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Hi,

I am looking for a solution to let the user of the website change his avatar at the front end. Through front end, i.e. by uploading an image.
Sounds to me like the MB User Avatar solution.

But I see no documentation at all, and the topics here seem not to use this plugin at all, but use MB User Profile functionality. And to use the Image Upload it requires to change some codes.

Am I missing something? I was expecting that MB User Avatar would be a solution to all this, but I'm quite puzzled.

Can you pls explain?
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May 22, 2022 at 10:11 PM #36126

Long Nguyen
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Hi Eddy,

The solution MB User Avatar works like the steps in this article https://metabox.io/create-custom-avatar/

You can create your own custom field and update the user avatar by the field single_image with code. Then if you want to include the field on the frontend with the user profile shortcode, you can add the field group ID to that shortcode.
https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-user-profile/#edit-profile-form

May 23, 2022 at 12:02 PM #36140

EddyPiV
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Hi Long,

All that I understand. But for doing so, I don't need to install & activate the MB User Avatar plugin. Actually, that plugin results in another field in the user profile than the created custom field. So with the plugin active I have 2 profile image fields.

I am puzzled about the so called solution of the MB User Avatar. It seems not to be used at all.
Or am I missing something?

Then back to how to get it working. I think I have done all what's in the documentation (deactivated actually the Avatar plugin), but the WordPress Profile picture is not changing. I guess that's what you mean with "single_image with code", is that the code in the functions.php file?
Can you help me with the code that needs to be changed?

May 23, 2022 at 9:19 PM #36152

Long Nguyen
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Hi Eddy,

Did you add this code to the file functions.php in the theme/child theme folder?
https://metabox.io/create-custom-avatar/#step-2-get-data-from-the-custom-avatar-field-to-set-as-profile-picture

The solutions are a combination of some MB extensions and custom code to resolve a problem for the customer with a few clicks. So you can use MB extensions and follow the article above without using MB User Avatar to set the user avatar with a custom field and include it on the frontend shortcode, because the meta box in the solution MB User Avatar does not have the meta box ID.

May 24, 2022 at 10:38 PM #36166

EddyPiV
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I did add the code to the functions.php file, but it's not affecting the profile picture. Changed it back to Single Upload fieldtype. Still no luck.

Then I did a plugin conflict test. It's conflicting with the BuddyBoss Platform Pro plugin. I also tried with priority 1 in the add_filter, but no difference either.

I think I will have to proceed with the BuddyBoss avatar, although it comes with a bunch of other stuff that I don't like.

Thanks Long for your help.

May 26, 2022 at 9:55 AM #36187

Long Nguyen
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Hi Eddy,

Please update the plugin MB User Avatar to the new version 1.0.1 then you can use this meta box ID mb-user-avatar in the user shortcode.

[mb_user_profile_info id="mb-user-avatar"]

Let me know how it goes.

May 26, 2022 at 11:41 AM #36190

EddyPiV
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Long, works like a charm.

Thanks a lot, completely to my liking now!
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