[Resolved] Avatar as the featured image

[Rogi]

There is a way to set the post author avatar as the default featured image?

[Elvin]

Hi,

I’m not sure I understand what you’re trying to do.

Can you explain a bit more?

To clarify: Do you mean, you want the post author avatar as the default fallback image when there’s no featured image assigned to a post?

Or do you mean, you want the post author avatar to be the featured image of posts/pages, regardless if there’s an image assigned?

[Rogi]

Hi Elvin.

I want the post author avatar to be the featured image of posts/pages, regardless if there’s an image assigned.

Thanks.

[Elvin]

You can try adding this PHP snippet.

add_filter( 'generate_featured_image_output', function(){
    return sprintf(
		'<div class="post-image">
			%3$s
			<a href="%1$s"><img class="author-image" src="%2$s"></a>
		</div>',
					esc_url( get_permalink() ),
					lh_page_hero_gravatar(),
					apply_filters( 'generate_inside_featured_image_output', '' )
				);
	
});

function lh_page_hero_gravatar() {
    global $post;
    $author_id = $post->post_author;
    return get_avatar_url( $author_id,['size' => '400'] ); 
}

Here’s how to add PHP – https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

You can adjust the size by changing the 400 to a value of your preference.

[Rogi]

Elvin,

There was an error with the code.

Please see

[David]

Hi there,

in the code Elvin provided you will see two instances of:

lh_page_hero_gravatar

Change both of them to something unique eg.

igor_page_hero_gravatar

[Rogi]

Thank you guys.

[Elvin]

Thank you guys.

Glad to be of any help. No problem. 🙂

[Author]

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