Avatars copyright - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/avatars-copyright/ Discussion Board en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 11:51:21 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Avatars copyright https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/avatars-copyright/#post-61175 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 08:29:32 +0000 Hi @bottas,

Using Avatar URL Option for the User Profile Avatar won't be stored n your website.

Set your Avatar by using an Avatar URL Option and then go to /wp-content/uploads/wpforo/avatars and you will see that the avatar has not been stored.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Chris https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/avatars-copyright/#post-61175 Avatars copyright https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/avatars-copyright/#post-61171 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:26:25 +0000 Using the wpForo plugin I don't let my users upload their own avatars directly from their computers because I'm afraid of copyright infringements, but at the same time I still wanted to give them this customization option. Fortunately wpForo allows users to simply paste the url of the image they intend to use as an avatar. I wanted to ask if this url pasting procedure works just like a normal embedded link so this means that the picture is not stored on my website thus not violating copyright laws.

If this is not the case and I am still at risk, just adding the warning that uploading copyrighted images is prohibited would prevent me from getting in trouble or not? Should I just prevent my user from uploading a custom avatar or how should I proceed?

 

Thank you very much to everybody who's willing to help me  to better understand this topic.

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