Molongui Authorship provides several ways to display an avatar for your authors. Depending on your settings and the information available for each author, the plugin can use a locally uploaded avatar, a Gravatar, a custom default avatar, or the default avatar configured in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This guide explains how the different avatar sources work, which one takes priority, and what happens when a particular avatar is not available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Molongui Authorship can use the following avatar sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When all three global avatar options are enabled, Molongui Authorship normally checks avatar sources in this order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local Avatar \u2192 Gravatar \u2192 Custom Default Avatar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first available avatar is displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, if an author has a local avatar, it is used immediately and Gravatar is not needed. If no local avatar exists, Molongui Authorship can try Gravatar. If the author does not have a Gravatar, the Custom Default Avatar is displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The avatar settings act as global switches. When you disable a source, Molongui Authorship removes it from the avatar resolution process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This makes it possible to configure the avatar system according to your site’s privacy requirements and visual preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If Gravatar is enabled but the Custom Default Avatar is disabled, Molongui Authorship lets the normal WordPress\/Gravatar process use the Default Avatar configured in WordPress<\/strong> when the author does not have a Gravatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can configure the WordPress Default Avatar under:<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress Dashboard > Settings > Discussion > Default Avatar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The WordPress Default Avatar is therefore different from the Custom Default Avatar<\/strong> provided by Molongui Authorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gravatar requires an email address. If an author does not have a valid email address, Molongui Authorship skips Gravatar entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, with Local Avatars, Gravatar, and the Custom Default Avatar enabled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Local Avatar \u2192 Custom Default Avatar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If the author has neither a local avatar nor an email address, the Custom Default Avatar is displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the Custom Default Avatar is also disabled, no avatar is displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is intentional. Molongui Authorship does not send unnecessary requests to Gravatar when there is no valid email address to check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Local Avatar is an image uploaded directly to an author profile. It does not require an external service and does not depend on the author’s email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Local Avatars are enabled and an author has one configured, the local image normally has the highest priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Local avatars can be used by both WordPress Users<\/strong> and Guest Authors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gravatar is an external avatar service that associates an image with an email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Gravatar is enabled, Molongui Authorship can request the Gravatar associated with the author’s email address whenever a higher-priority avatar source is not available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the author does not have a Gravatar, Molongui Authorship continues through the configured fallback chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can completely disable Gravatar from the Molongui Authorship settings. When Gravatar is disabled, Molongui Authorship does not use it as an avatar source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is particularly useful for websites that prefer to avoid requests to the Gravatar service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Custom Default Avatar lets you choose your own image to display when an author does not have an available author-specific avatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is useful if you want all authors without an avatar to display your site’s logo, a branded placeholder, or another image of your choice instead of one of the standard WordPress avatars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Custom Default Avatar is a global fallback. It does not replace an author’s Local Avatar or an existing Gravatar when those sources have higher priority and are enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same global avatar rules apply to both WordPress Users and Molongui Guest Authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both types of authors can have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means your avatar configuration remains consistent regardless of whether a post is written by a registered WordPress User or a Guest Author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Author Box also provides settings that let you choose an avatar source and fallback behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These settings provide more control over the avatar displayed specifically inside the Author Box, but the global avatar settings still act as master switches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, if Gravatar is disabled globally, selecting Gravatar as the Author Box avatar source cannot re-enable Gravatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This prevents individual display settings from overriding your site’s global avatar policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Molongui Authorship Pro provides the The shortcode can use the normal avatar resolution logic or explicitly request a particular source such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The global Local Avatar and Gravatar settings still act as master switches when these sources are requested explicitly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See the dedicated shortcode documentation for detailed examples and fallback behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you do not want your site to use Gravatar, disable the Gravatar<\/strong> option in the Molongui Authorship avatar settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once disabled, Gravatar is removed from the avatar fallback chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, with Local Avatars and the Custom Default Avatar enabled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Local Avatar \u2192 Custom Default Avatar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No Gravatar is required for authors that use this configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no single avatar configuration that is best for every website. The appropriate setup depends on how you manage your authors and whether you want to use an external avatar service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some common configurations are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For step-by-step instructions, see the following avatar guides:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Molongui Authorship provides several ways to display an avatar for your authors. Depending on your settings and the information available for each author, the plugin can use a locally uploaded avatar, a Gravatar, a custom default avatar, or the default avatar configured in WordPress. 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What happens when the Custom Default Avatar is disabled?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What happens when an author has no email address?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Local author avatars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Gravatar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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WordPress Users and Guest Authors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Author Box avatar settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Using avatars with the author avatar shortcode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
[molongui_author_avatar]<\/code> shortcode for displaying an author’s avatar independently from the Author Box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
source=\"auto\"<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\nsource=\"local\"<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\nsource=\"gravatar\"<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\nsource=\"acronym\"<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nDisabling Gravatar completely<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Choosing the right avatar setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Related guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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