Why can't I add a local avatar?

rob.port
asked 10 years ago

I go to my profile page, it says this…
“No local avatar is set. Use the upload field to add a local avatar.”
I click ‘Browse…’ select an image, nothing happens so I click ‘Update Profile’ and the page refreshes with no avatar image. So I check the box for ‘delete the local avatar’, click ‘Update Profile’ and the page refreshes with the default avatar image from my gravatar account. What causes this to happen?

1 Answers

DominicStaff
answered 10 years ago

To add local Avatar, you can use the Add Local Avatar plugin. Please find the plugin here: http://wordpress.org/plugins/add-local-avatar/

rob.port
replied 10 years ago

Add Local Avatar does not work. I click ‘Manage’, ‘Choose File’, ‘Update Avatar’ and get nothing. It just shows me a broken image. I’ve since tried WP User Avatar and Simple Local Avatar and those also don’t work.
Simple Local Avatar won’t even activate because it triggers a fatal error (pasted below). This looks to be cause by the plugin also being integrated into your theme.
Do you know of a possible workaround to this issue?

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_simple_local_avatar() (previously declared in /home/sab/public_html/wp-content/themes/dwfocus2/inc/simple-avatar.php:234) in /home/sab/public_html/wp-content/plugins/simple-local-avatars/simple-local-avatars.php on line 533