[Clivesmith]

Hi,
On a topic or reply we show an avatar for the person posting, however the icon used does not have an “alt” description so bing scan shows it as a warning which can affect the rankings. this is the item.
<span class=”bbp-author-avatar”>
<img class=”avatar avatar-80 photo” alt=”” src=”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e0808c8f2212a025baef38966c3484e4?s=80&d=mm&r=g&#8221; srcset=”https://secure.gravatar.com/
avatar/e0808c8f2212a025baef38966c3484e4?s=160&d=mm&r=g 2x” height=”80″ width=”80″ loading=”lazy” decoding=”async”>
</span>
Is the a way to globally add an alt description even if it is only “avatar icon” ?

[Robin W]

I think this does what you want

add_filter ('bbp_get_reply_author_avatar', 'rew_avatar', 10 , 3) ;
add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_author_avatar', 'rew_avatar' , 10 , 3) ;

function rew_avatar ( $author_avatar, $id, $size)  {
	if ( bbp_is_reply( $id ) ) {
		$author = bbp_get_reply_author_display_name( $id );
		$text = 'alt="icon avatar for '.$author.'"' ; 
	}
	if ( bbp_is_topic( $id ) ) {
		$author = bbp_get_topic_author_display_name( $id );
		$text = 'alt="icon avatar for '.$author.'"' ; 
	}
	$author_avatar = str_replace('alt=\'\'',$text,$author_avatar);
return $author_avatar ;
}

[Clivesmith]

Hi Robin,
That looks great, I will try it.
Thank you
Clive

[Clivesmith]

Hi Robin,
Works great, thank you

[Robin W]

🙂