Showing current logged in user’s profile picture next to Welcome Menu in SharePoint 2013

Hi,

We recently got a requirement to show the logged in user’s profile picture along with the name on the Welcome Menu on the top right.

We followed these steps to implement it.

1. Open the master page used by the Site (Site Settings àMaster Pages and page layouts à Select the master page file à right click and download a copy.
2. Add the following tags in the master page.

<%@
Register
Tagprefix=”SPSWC”
Namespace=”Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls”
Assembly=”Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c”
%>

<SPSWC:ProfilePropertyLoader
runat=”server”
/>

<SPSWC:ProfilePropertyImage
PropertyName=”PictureUrl”
style=”float: left; height: 20px;“
ShowPlaceholder=”true”
id=”PictureUrlImage”
runat=”server”/>

Saving and uploading the master page.

Hope it helps.