Post Avatar 1.2.4

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Changes to Post Avatar include:

  • Compatibility with WordPress 2.5
  • Option to include avatars in feeds
  • Basic navigation effects for images
  • Fixed javascript so avatar display works in IE 6+

Download now or visit the plugin page

Post Avatar 1.2.3

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A couple of minor bugfixes and a few new features, namely:

  • Avatar selection rights for Authors, Editors and Administrators only. Use the role manager plugin to customize access rights. If you already have Post Avatar installed, deactivate and reactivate the plugin to update user rights
  • Customize HTML and CSS within the options page. Dominik added this to make it easier to change the styling of avatars. It will work with both the template tag and the automatic avatar display
  • Automatic avatar display for post excerpts is now included
  • I fixed the bug where avatars where showing up in feeds

Download now or visit the plugin page

UPDATE (Oct. 9, 2007): Discovered a bug (Thanks Paul!) - automatic avatar display causes the image to appear twice when using the_excerpt. Download the updated zip file or if you’re feeling adventurous:

Open up gkl-postavatar.php and look for this code at the end of
// Display avatar without template tag
if ($gkl_ShowInContent == 1){
add_filter('the_content', 'gkl_postavatar_filter');
add_filter('the_excerpt', 'gkl_postavatar_filter');
add_filter('wp_head', 'gkl_postavatar_showcss');
}

Just comment out or remove “add_filter(’the_excerpt’, ‘gkl_postavatar_filter’);”.

It should look something like this:
// Display avatar without template tag
if ($gkl_ShowInContent == 1){
add_filter('the_content', 'gkl_postavatar_filter');
add_filter('wp_head', 'gkl_postavatar_showcss');
}

Post Avatar Compatible with WordPress 2.3

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I’ve installed the beta version of WordPress 2.3 and Post Avatar is running smoothly. Wheeee

There will be an update of the plugin due in a couple of weeks. Here’s a feature list:

  • Post avatar role - this will be useful for a community blog that wants to limit posting avatar rights to editors and admins only. If you’re using Role Manager 2.0, you can customize access rights.
  • Customizable HTML/CSS options for automatic display - if you’re not using the template tag, you will be able to specify your own HTML styling or CSS class to match your theme instead of editing the stylesheet that comes with post avatar.
  • Display in excerpt - Avatars currently show up wherever the the_content() tag is. I’ll be adding the display for the_excerpt() as well.

Update: Corinne helpfully pointed out a bug which causes the avatar to show in feeds. I’ve made the necessary fixes and updated the download file

Post Avatar 1.2.2

Thank you everyone for pointing out a bug with Post Avatar when used in Wordpress 2.1 - posting comments caused a post’s avatar to disappear. Thanks to Mark Jaquith’s post, I’ve identified and fixed (yay!) the problem.

Visit the Post Avatar page or Download 1.2.2