Adding your own avatar

How to add your own avatar to the discussion settings screen in WordPress.

One can add an avatar I called “Golden Globe” to the list at the bottom of the Discussion settings.
Here is the result of adding an icon to the bottom of the list.

Discussion Setting WordPress: Add a new Default Avatar.

Add the following code to the child theme functions.php file or a code snippet plugin to where you can add PHP code. Default code:

 add_filter( 'avatar_defaults', 'custom_avatar' );
    function custom_avatar($avatar_defaults){
    $custom_avatar = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/images/default-avatar.jpg';
    $avatar_defaults[$custom_avatar] = "My Default Avatar";
    return $avatar_defaults;
 }

Here is the code that I used. A variation of the above code.
I adjusted to this code: $custom_avatar = ‘https://dev.easywebdesigntutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/ball.png’;
Linking directly to the image file in the Media Library. I also called the icon Golden Glode.

add_filter( 'avatar_defaults', 'custom_avatar' );
    function custom_avatar($avatar_defaults){
    $custom_avatar = 'https://dev.easywebdesigntutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/ball.png';
    $avatar_defaults[$custom_avatar] = "Golden Globe";
    return $avatar_defaults;
 }

NB! I first tested the code locally but it was first when I tested it online that it worked.

I have another avatar tutorial here: Manage your avatar in WordPress.

Resources:

https://www.wpstuffs.com/how-to-display-custom-avatar-in-comments-for-users-without-gravatar/
https://www.rswebsols.com/tutorials/wordpress/custom-default-avatar-in-wordpress

Tutorial was originally written 17 June 2015. The same code still works.