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hypejunction/avatars
====================

Avatar API

1.1.1(10y ago)03511GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.5

Since Dec 16Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/hypeJunction/Elgg-avatars)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hypejunction/avatars)[ Docs](http://hypejunction.com)[ RSS](/packages/hypejunction-avatars/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago

READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (3)Versions (8)Used By (1)

Entity Avatars for Elgg
=======================

[](#entity-avatars-for-elgg)

[![Elgg 1.11](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/eb70bd54ec09a4dbe53815a1d2040f2515089becfb1cc1c57edaaf114accd4fe/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d312e31312e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/eb70bd54ec09a4dbe53815a1d2040f2515089becfb1cc1c57edaaf114accd4fe/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d312e31312e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![Elgg 1.12](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b34240a6eeb53630b7f0fd235a508c28d6e93e6090697529c478ba94288eff93/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d312e31322e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b34240a6eeb53630b7f0fd235a508c28d6e93e6090697529c478ba94288eff93/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d312e31322e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![Elgg 2.0](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/981b94044a74b931be93e2825c7151896de9c8a53ccb960daf01b8fe0d800774/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d322e302e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/981b94044a74b931be93e2825c7151896de9c8a53ccb960daf01b8fe0d800774/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d322e302e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)

*ABANDONED*The plugin had a serious negative impact on performance, so I have abandoned it. Use

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Generic API and UI for uploading, handling and cropping entity avatars

[![Avatar UI](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cb1a8a4710830a64d11024f2eba7e77aa7f5841ecac52f270cfc5a750909ec43/68747470733a2f2f7261772e6769746875622e636f6d2f687970654a756e6374696f6e2f456c67672d617661746172732f6d61737465722f73637265656e73686f74732f6176617461725f75692e706e67 "Avatar UI")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cb1a8a4710830a64d11024f2eba7e77aa7f5841ecac52f270cfc5a750909ec43/68747470733a2f2f7261772e6769746875622e636f6d2f687970654a756e6374696f6e2f456c67672d617661746172732f6d61737465722f73637265656e73686f74732f6176617461725f75692e706e67)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Allow avatars

[](#allow-avatars)

To allow entities to have avatars, use `'avatars:enabled', "$type:$subtype"` hook.

### Input Field

[](#input-field)

```
echo elgg_view('input/avatar', array(
	'entity' => $entity,
	'name' => 'upload',
));
```

### Action

[](#action)

```
avatars_create_avatar_from_upload($entity, 'upload');
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~15 days

Recently: every ~20 days

Total

7

Last Release

3759d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → 2.x-dev2016-03-15

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5071b1cd852e094b3f564962a625e04c227adc73af30c5b46b243ab8f20154a7?d=identicon)[hypeJunction](/maintainers/hypeJunction)

---

Top Contributors

[![hypeJunction](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1202761?v=4)](https://github.com/hypeJunction "hypeJunction (21 commits)")

---

Tags

pluginimageelggavatar

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/hypejunction-avatars/health.svg)

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