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I host a Wordpress.org site (davisdollars.org). Anyone can register as an author, and I want authors to be able to upload an image of themselves that will display next to their posts and comments. Any plug-ins you can recommend that will allow this?

Jamie VanRaalte
2012-06-26 05:03:27
I am confused... wordpress.org does not host your website. Who are you hosted with? Typically, I find gravatar is the best option because it's a 3rd party site that handles all of this for you.
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James Bruce
2011-11-02 09:48:00
Barry, by default Wordpress uses Gravatars to display images of people in comments. So long as your authors have set one at http://gravatar.com and are using the same email address on your site, it will show. Unfortunately, adding the author gravatar to your theme will need a little more work, and involves some editing of files. Dpeending on where you want them displayed, you need to add the following line into either your index.php or single.php file:echo get_avatar(get_the_author_meta('ID'));You can customize the size etc, but needs a bit more work. Refer to the wordpress codex here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Gravatars
James Bruce
2011-11-02 09:49:00
Also, I cant post this due to restrictions on comments, but you need to surround that code in php tags, like at the end (Also without the spaces)
Nicholas Barry
2011-10-24 14:41:00
Thanks! Unfortunately, it looks like it's not compatible with the latest version of Wordpress...
Jay
2011-10-17 23:52:00
You can upload an image anywhere in your article.and for the comments, you have 4 options, 3 of them will have option with pictures except anonymous.commenting with wordpress, twitter and facebook will automatically display pictures with comments.you can also use http://en.gravatar.com.If the blog belongs to only one author, it will be much easier to upload images anywhere, outside the post.