ChargeWP – Front End Avatar Upload

It just works.

ChargeWP Avatar Upload gives users a clean, intuitive way to update their profile photo without opening the dashboard. It’s built for modern WordPress sites: secure, lightweight, and theme-friendly.

Key Features

• Instant front-end upload — update your avatar right on the page or in WooCommerce “My Account.”
• SmartCrop.js built in — automatically centers faces for perfect, professional results.
• Gutenberg Block and Shortcode — add the avatar uploader anywhere you want.
• Gravatar friendly — keeps existing Gravatars in place and simply takes priority when a custom image is uploaded.
• Automatic cleanup — replaces old avatars so your media library stays tidy.
• Lightweight and native — no complex settings, no setup screens, and no bloat.

Why You’ll Love It

• Works straight out of the box.
• Looks and feels like part of WordPress and WooCommerce.
• Secure uploads with smart cropping and optimized JPEG output.
• Supports all image types WordPress allows (JPG, PNG, WebP, and more).
• Translation ready and developer friendly.

Usage

Shortcode example:

Attributes: – type — 0 = avatar only, 1 = avatar + name + ID, 2 = avatar + name + ID + profile link. Default: 0 – check_page_author — true or false. When true, shows the page or post author’s avatar instead of the current user. Default: false – classes — Optional extra CSS classes for custom styling.

Block: – Insert the ChargeWP Avatar block in the editor. – Adjust display type and author options from the block sidebar.

Developer Notes

• Template overrides are supported. Copy files from plugins/chargewp-avatar/templates/ to yourtheme/templates/cwpa/.
• Filters to disable automatic placement:
  • add_filter('cwpa_auto_inject_wc_account', '__return_false');
  • add_filter('cwpa_auto_inject_cwpd_sidebar', '__return_false');
• Filters to change display type:
  • cwpa_avatar_type_wc_account
  • cwpa_avatar_type_cwpd_sidebar