XF 2.2 Block animated GIF avatars

[Overscan]

I HATE animated GIF avatars. One of my beta users did this on my 2.2 Test forum. Its like the 2020 version of the blink tag.

Short of disabling GIFs as attachments, is it possible to stop just animated GIFs being used as avatars?

 

[Ozzy47]

You can use my free addon, it has permission settings to turn on/off gif avatars for users,

[OzzModz] Gif Avatar Permissions

This simple addon will allow you to set which usergroups have the permission to upload gif avatars. Gif avatars are typically animated and many admins don't like all users to have them. This is a screenshot of the usergroup setting: If a user...

xenforo.com

This only applies to new avatars, any existing ones will need to be removed by you or the users.

 

[Overscan]

You can use my free addon, it has permission settings to turn on/off gif avatars for users,

[OzzModz] Gif Avatar Permissions

This simple addon will allow you to set which usergroups have the permission to upload gif avatars. Gif avatars are typically animated and many admins don't like all users to have them. This is a screenshot of the usergroup setting: If a user...

xenforo.com

Great! Installing now