[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59928: Add media library user profile / avatar option (i.e., in addition to Gravatar)

[WordPress Trac]

#59928: Add media library user profile / avatar option (i.e., in addition to
Gravatar)
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 Reporter:  xroox                                |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request                      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |  Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  Users                                |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, administration, privacy,         |
  sustainability, coding-standards               |
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 We need to do away with only supporting Gravatar for WordPress user
 profile images.(Random/abitrary! There is no reason to assume that a WP
 user/author wants or needs a] a Gravatar account at all, and/or b] to use
 the same profile image on their own personal, self-hosted website that
 they may want or use on other hosted services that use Gravatar...
 [whatever those services might be].)

 As we know, these user profile images are the same images that themes and
 page builder plugins use for author images—and IMO rightly so.

 ''Requiring an abritrarily assigned third party, hosted service to support
 a basic core feature (profile images) that has been in use for many years
 is not in the spirit of the open source, self-hosted platform that
 WordPress.org is.''

 ''WordPress website developers, designers and administrators need to be
 able to upload (and update) user profile images from within the WordPress
 system itself—without needing access to extra accounts or permissions
 (e.g., from clients).''

 The good news is that using the built-in WordPress media library for this
 is readily at hand! 🫨

 ''Workarounds such as plugins or custom code are not acceptable
 solutions... In fact, if anything, it should be the other way around
 (e.g., a plugin to use Gravatar).''

 **As such, request is:**

 **a) At a minimum, to support both Gravatar and media library as
 options.** To me, this makes the most sense in the short term in order to
 support the tens of people who actually want to keep using Gravatar (being
 facetious, what I mean is, so a bunch of websites don't suddenly lose
 their user profile images).

 **b) Or just do away with built-in Gravatar support altogether.** I'm sure
 the people will recover if this were to be the route.

 I hope the sanity of this request shines through any of the murky waters
 that may exist when it comes to updating the product accordingly! Thank
 you talented and committed people for receiving this FR. 🤗

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