[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16020: Upload custom avatar for user in Dashboard

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#16020: Upload custom avatar for user in Dashboard
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 Reporter:  computerwiz908           |       Owner:  nacin
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Users                    |     Version:
 Severity:  minor                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-refresh  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by johnbillion):

 * keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion needs-refresh => has-patch needs-refresh


Comment:

 I'd really like to see this in core too. Many clients I work with find it
 confusing that they can't change their user profile image without signing
 up to an external service, and clients in some countries such as Germany
 just flat out refuse to use Gravatar due to privacy and data protection
 considerations.

 Gravatar certainly has its use, and I very much enjoy not having to re-
 upload an avatar image on every other web service I use, but there's
 really no reason for core to rely ''solely'' on Gravatar and not provide
 local avatar image functionality.

 The patches on this ticket are quite old and there are many plugins that
 provide user avatar functionality that allows a local avatar to override a
 Gravatar, with the latter remaining the default for backwards
 compatibility. Is anyone willing to start listing some high quality
 plugins that could be a good basis for inclusion in core?

 Ideally the avatar image control would make use of the image cropping
 controls that are available in the media manager (as used by the favicon,
 site icon, etc).

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16020#comment:80>
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