# 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 Octubre, 2014 05:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatar-from-name-not-from-username/21571 "2014-10-28T05:52:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [31 Octubre, 2014 14:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatar-from-name-not-from-username/21571/6 "2014-10-31T14:08:41Z")

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I would just start grepping the code base for “avatar” and see if you can find where the letter avatar is currently generated…

Then search for “SiteSetting” and see how other site settings are implemented.

If you get stuck, let us know and I can take a closer look.

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