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apply_filters( 'pre_get_avatar', string|null $avatar, mixed $id_or_email, array $args )

Since
4.2.0
Allows the HTML for a user's avatar to be returned early.

Description

Returning a non-null value will effectively short-circuit get_avatar(), passing the value through the 'get_avatar' filter and returning early.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 4.2.0
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0).

Parameters

$avatarstring|null
HTML for the user's avatar. Default null.
$id_or_emailmixed
The avatar to retrieve. Accepts a user ID, Gravatar MD5 hash, user email, WP_User object, WP_Post object, or WP_Comment object.
$argsarray
Arguments passed to get_avatar_url(), after processing.

Where this hook fires · 1

  • wp-includes/pluggable.php:3255get_avatar()

Source code

<?php		 *		 * @param string|null $avatar      HTML for the user's avatar. Default null.		 * @param mixed       $id_or_email The avatar to retrieve. Accepts a user ID, Gravatar MD5 hash,		 *                                 user email, WP_User object, WP_Post object, or WP_Comment object.		 * @param array       $args        Arguments passed to get_avatar_url(), after processing.		 */		$avatar = apply_filters( 'pre_get_avatar', null, $id_or_email, $args ); 		if ( ! is_null( $avatar ) ) {			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/pluggable.php */			return apply_filters( 'get_avatar', $avatar, $id_or_email, $args['size'], $args['default'], $args['alt'], $args );		} 

Changelog

Introduced in 4.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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