# Default avatar from Name & not from Username

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatar-from-name-not-from-username/21571>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [28 أكتوبر 2014، 5:52ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatar-from-name-not-from-username/21571 "2014-10-28T05:52:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![dbinoj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dbinoj/32/115128_2.png) [@dbinoj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbinoj)\
**Post date:** [29 أكتوبر 2014، 12:09م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatar-from-name-not-from-username/21571/3 "2014-10-29T12:09:58Z")

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Is there any way we could hack into it? Probably by forking the Discourse repo and merging whenever there is an update? Or can it be achieved by writing a plugin?

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