# Larger profile pictures or avatars - is it possible?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/larger-profile-pictures-or-avatars-is-it-possible/103397>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [12월 3, 2018, 9:17오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/larger-profile-pictures-or-avatars-is-it-possible/103397 "2018-12-03T21:17:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dimsuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dimsuz/32/113634_2.png) [@dimsuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dimsuz)\
**Post date:** [12월 3, 2018, 9:17오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/larger-profile-pictures-or-avatars-is-it-possible/103397/1 "2018-12-03T21:17:24Z")

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In our discourse-based community we have a rule that everyone should use their real-life photo as an avatar. Naturally many users want to see larger pictures or photos of their fellow community members and often ask for this feature.

Is there a way to somehow allow users to upload larger avatars, which at the same time stay as they currently are sized in topics, but when clicked produce a larger picture in detailed info popup?

Or maybe there’s some setting (I didn’t found) which would allow to upload _additional_ photos and link them to the user profile?

I know that there’s other kind of pictures one can set in the profile (like banner/flair etc), but that’s not the same as user’s photo.

I guess the last resort would be to find/write a plugin for this.

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**Author:** ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Post date:** [12월 3, 2018, 9:38오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/larger-profile-pictures-or-avatars-is-it-possible/103397/2 "2018-12-03T21:38:06Z")

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I’m not sure I understand the question. It’s already the case that clicking on a user’s avatar will show a bigger avatar in the user card. Here is a screenshot of what I see on desktop when I click on your avatar:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/c/7c48329ca3622c4d33c24dbde8168180754c206e.png)

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**Author:** ![dimsuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dimsuz/32/113634_2.png) [@dimsuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dimsuz)\
**Post date:** [12월 4, 2018, 9:38오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/larger-profile-pictures-or-avatars-is-it-possible/103397/3 "2018-12-04T09:38:03Z")

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yes, I meant that this is not a really big one. When you look at photos you’d want an even bigger one. 800x1024 for example. For example from this user card I could click on my larger avatar to see a bigger one.