How to Use Only Local Avatars

Molongui Authorship can be configured to use only locally uploaded author avatars.

This setup is useful if you want full control over author profile pictures and do not want your site to use Gravatar or any default avatar service.

Configure Molongui Authorship to use only Local Avatars

1. Go to Authors > Settings.
2. Open the General tab.
3. Find the Author Avatar Settings section.
4. Enable Use local author avatars.
5. Disable Use Gravatar for author avatars.
6. Disable Use a custom default avatar.
7. Save the settings.

What happens with this setup?

Molongui Authorship will only use an author’s Local Avatar.

The avatar resolution becomes:

Local Avatar → No Avatar

If an author has a Local Avatar, it will be displayed.

If the author does not have a Local Avatar, no avatar will be shown.

Will Gravatar still be used?

No. With Use Gravatar for author avatars disabled, Molongui Authorship does not use Gravatar as an avatar source.

This also means that the WordPress Default Avatar is not used as part of the Gravatar fallback flow.

What about the Custom Default Avatar?

It will not be used while Use a custom default avatar is disabled.

If you want authors without a Local Avatar to display a branded fallback image, enable the Custom Default Avatar instead.

Make sure every author has a Local Avatar

With this configuration, authors without a locally uploaded profile picture will have no avatar displayed.

To avoid that, make sure each author has a Local Avatar configured in their profile.

For WordPress Users, edit the user and use the Profile Picture panel in the Author Profile tab.

For Guest Authors, edit the Guest Author and use the Profile Picture panel in the sidebar.