Animated GIF avatars no longer supported by default

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

Okay that explains why I can’t find the setting.

I was trying to enable animated user card background. Noticed it is still working here.

Look forward to when this option returns. Spent too much time trying to figure out why I couldn’t get it to work. At least now I know I am not crazy.

[featheredtoast (Jeff Wong)]

Better late than never - I’ve been working on a plugin to re-enable this.

Animated Avatar Plugin

Summary: This plugin adds the ability for users to upload gif avatars which will animate on hover or selection in posts, user cards, and profile pages. GitHub: GitHub - discourse/discourse-animated-avatars: A plugin to add gif avatars in Discourse Install: Follow the plugin installation guide. Features Pauses animation when not focused. Within topics, animation will pause when post is not hovered or selected. Respects prefers-reduced-motion in the browser’s accessibil…