How to show avatar of current logged in user in a widget

Question

I have a php widget, and I need to show the avatar of the current logged in user, and I'm calling this code: <?php echo get_avatar(); ?> But its only outputting the default avatar.

Is there a global I need to add above it?

Answer 1

This should work great... in this example i am using wordpress codex so you can comapre:

From Wordpress Codex

<?php echo get_avatar( $id_or_email, $size, $default, $alt ); ?> 

so... Based on that...

This is the code you should embed in the desired location in your theme:

<?php
    wp_get_current_user();
    $size = array(60,60); // this is the size of the avatar
    echo get_avatar( $current_user->user_email, $size, $default, $current_user->display_name );
?>

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Hope this helps :)