Title: user_profile_picture_description
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘user_profile_picture_description’, string $description, WP_User $profile_user )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user_profile_picture_description/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user_profile_picture_description/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user_profile_picture_description/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the user profile picture description displayed under the Gravatar.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user_profile_picture_description/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$description`string

The description that will be printed.

`$profile_user`[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)

The current [WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)
object.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user_profile_picture_description/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    echo apply_filters( 'user_profile_picture_description', $description, $profile_user );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/user-edit.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/user-edit.php#L663)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/user-edit.php#L663-L663)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user_profile_picture_description/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Added the `$profile_user` parameter. | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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