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Advanced Users

Sync WordPress author biographies and extended profile data from Gravatar.

by overthinq · github.com/overthinq/wp-advanced-users

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/overthinq/wp-advanced-users/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/overthinq/wp-advanced-users ↗

WordPress uses Gravatar avatars, but author biographies and other profile details still need to be maintained separately. This plugin brings those details into WordPress — useful for editorial sites with author bios, bylines and contributor profiles.

Sync

  • Import biographies, first and last names from Gravatar.
  • Store additional profile data: location, job title, company and verified social accounts.
  • Fill empty fields automatically when a WordPress profile is updated.
  • Run a manual sync for one user or process users in small batches.
  • Preserve existing values by default; force sync overwrites them with non-empty remote values.

Biographies use WordPress's standard description field. Names use first_name and last_name. Additional fields use the advanced_users_gravatar_ user-meta prefix, for example advanced_users_gravatar_job_title and advanced_users_gravatar_verified_accounts.

Setup

Requires WordPress 6.8+ and PHP 8.3+.

  1. Copy advanced-users into wp-content/plugins and activate it.
  2. Set your Gravatar key in wp-config.php:
define('ADVANCED_USERS_GRAVATAR_KEY', 'your-api-key');
  1. Use Users → Gravatar sync, or the sync buttons on a user profile.

Limits

Sync runs from Gravatar to WordPress. It does not push local changes back or poll for remote updates. Successful responses are cached for five minutes; rate limits pause the bulk operation. Fields unavailable in a remote profile do not erase existing local values.

The plugin provides profile data; your theme controls how author information appears. It includes no editorial team page or author redirects. Verified accounts can contain an is_hidden flag: respect it when rendering them publicly.

Gravatar profile fields