What is the use of Avatar field in Wordpress Discussion Setting?

Question

I am working on a Wordpress project. I have a layout like shown in below the screenshot with a select field and boxes with news (two or more different post types). I want to filter with the select the post type so there should show up only the selected. How can i do that?

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Answer 1

Avatar is a small image that displays at the top-right-hand corner of the wordpress dashboard screen beside your name. It is like your profile picture.