How to Add an Author’s Photo in WordPress

Want to add an author's photo to your WordPress site. this is useful when your site has more than one author. here we will tell you How to Add an Author’s Photo in WordPress?

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the WP User Avatar plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, the plugin will add a new menu item labeled Avatars in your WordPress admin bar. Clicking on it will take you to the plugin’s settings page.

Here you can choose how you want to display the user avatars on your WordPress website.
By default, this plugin allows users with at least an Author role to upload their own profile photo. You can change that and allow contributors and subscribers as well.
It also allows you to completely disable Gravatar on your WordPress site and only use local avatars.
Once you are comfortable with the settings, go ahead and click on save changes button to save them.
Now you can go to Users page and click on the edit button below a username.
On the edit user screen, scroll down to the bottom, and you will see the Avatar section. You can click on the ‘Choose Image’ button to upload the user photo.

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Update profile’ button to save your changes.

Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/

This Plugin Allows You To:

• Use the [avatar] shortcode in your posts. These shortcodes will work with any theme, whether it has avatar support or not.
• Upload your own Default Avatar in your WP User Avatar settings.
• Allow Contributors and Subscribers to upload their own avatars.
• Show the user’s Gravatar avatar or Default Avatar if the user doesn’t have a WP User Avatar image.
• Disable Gravatar avatars and use only local avatars.
• Limit upload file size and image dimensions for Contributors and Subscribers.
• Use the [avatar_upload] shortcode to add a standalone uploader to a front page or widget. This uploader is only visible to logged-in users.