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Gravatars and WordPress 2.5

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  1. Small Potato (19 comments.) says:

    Thanks Ronald. I need this to prepare Wpdesigner.com’s themes for 2.5.

  2. Ronald Huereca (39 comments.) says:

    @Small Potato,

    You’re welcome. This post was written for theme developers like you. Hope all goes well on your front.

  3. michael lee (9 comments.) says:

    Will the 2.5 function automatically hash the lowercase version of the email address? This seems to be a persistent issue, with users leaving mixed-case version of their email address with their comments.

  4. Ronald Huereca (66 comments.) says:

    Michael,

    It does do a lowercase version from what I can see.

  5. Jeff (11 comments.) says:

    Gravatars are part of the WP Core now? I know Automattic is running them now, but why isn’t this feature a plugin like Akismet? Seems counter to other running philosophies. :/

    • Mike (3 comments.) says:

      I don’t think it is. I mean, gravatar has been bought by WordPress, but to display it, you have to use code or so.

  6. Alex :: Web Design (5 comments.) says:

    @Jeff – I reckon though that because you can turn it off, it is like using a plugin, you aren’t forced to use it, but so many people do that I guess it was deemed useful to have it in the core.

    I’ve personally never used them, but who knows, maybe this will be what I need to start!

  7. Deddy says:

    Wow, this would be great! Thanks…

  8. Benedict Eastaugh (17 comments.) says:

    As I understand it, they were added into WP core not merely because this is an oft-requested feature, but also because theme and plugin authors can override the function in order to pull in avatars from sources other than Gravatar.

    In other words, while it defaults to using Gravatar, it’s more generic than that: it’s a WordPress avatar API, not a way of tying all WordPress users and developers into a proprietary service.

  9. Ronald Huereca (66 comments.) says:

    @Benedict,
    Yes, the function is pluggable, so it can be used with other services. Thanks for bringing that up.

  10. Scyfox (2 comments.) says:

    Nice.

    Also i liked to be able to show a gravatar outside the loop.

    Nice tips.-

    Silla!

  11. bubazoo (213 comments.) says:

    So, I am confused.. So, is the Gravatar system in WP 2.5 similar to that of http://site.gravatar.com/ or is it going to be a completely new rewrite?

    reason I’m asking, is because I can’t see WP users wanting to upload an avatar to every blog they visit, and since the gravaar.com method has been a little “flaky” as of late, is wordpress planning on integrating it into the wordpress.com API? or with gravatar.com, or both or what? I am confused as to what this means

  12. bubazoo (213 comments.) says:

    in either case, I think this is a smart move, because the gravatar.com service doesn’t work 90% of the time, or the gravatar plugins they do have for wordpress don’t work 90% of the time. It drives me nutts, because my gravatar NEVER works on anyone elses site but mine, so I take it up with the plugin authors and they blame gravatar.com, so I take it up with gravatar.com and they say its the plugin authors fault. arrgh. its frustrating, so however WP plans on doing it, is a very very good thing, FINALLY gravatars may actually WORK in wordpress thank the good lord. hehe

  13. Stasmi says:

    This sounds very exciting. You all are doing a great job. I can’t wait for 2.5!

  14. Jason DeVelvis (9 comments.) says:

    Ronald,
    Perfect timing for posting this – I hadn’t heard they were adding gravatar support in 2.5, so I had made my own function. But now I can cut my plugin size and use the Avatar API.

    Thanks for the heads up!

  15. Ronald Huereca (66 comments.) says:

    @bubazoo,

    Gravatars, Avatars, whatever you’d like to call them, are using the Gravatars site. The main thing is that the core code now contains the function to retrieve the Gravatar rather than relying on a third-party plugin.

    I imagine a lot of the times the Gravatars don’t work because of case issues, trim issues, or perhaps in my case I use a variant of my original e-mail address. Gravatars have improved significantly since Automattic took over them.

    @Jason,
    You’re function will still be useful for blogs < 2.5.

  16. Edward (4 comments.) says:

    Can’t wait to see WP 2.5!

  17. Jason DeVelvis (9 comments.) says:

    @Ronald
    Yep, I re-read your post after I made that comment, and saw that part in there – Thanks!

  18. Dawn (2 comments.) says:

    I’m using the “gravatars with a plugin” code on my website, it almost works.

    I am registered with grvatar and my gravatar doesn’t show, I’m looking forward to trying the functionality in 2.5.

    http://blog.yourwish.co.nz/200.....dding-day/

  19. CA RO says:

    I’ve tried the function, cant make it work, the encoded email is not md5 as md5(“email”) dont know why looking for the function now

  20. kartz says:

    good feature but we are expecting more from wordpress next stable releases…..

  21. Dawn (2 comments.) says:

    User error, its all working perfectly, though I am looking forward to trying out the built in gravatars in 2.5.

  22. rayk (3 comments.) says:

    Just found this article, thanks for the heads up! Gotta update my theme and test it with RC1

  23. Zeus says:

    This is very, very nice =)

  24. zombified (1 comments.) says:

    I want to add a little update here. I searched a lot but couldn’t find the gravatar option in WordPress 2.5. After some more searching, I found it isn’t on the reading panel, but it’s on the discussion panel. Maybe you can edit the post and update this.

    Thanx fot the the great blog you’re running, it’s my number one source for wordpress :)

  25. uncalau says:

    “WordPress users can access the Gravatars settings in the Settings->Reading panel”

    I find this misleading… the Gravatars setting is in the SETTINGS -> Discussion panel (scroll to the bottom) instead.

  26. Ronald Huereca (66 comments.) says:

    Thanks guys. Post has been updated. When I wrote it, it was in the Reading panel. As WP 2.5 was released, it was moved to Discussion.

  27. tm says:

    Well I got it working. Now I just need to get it working with Comvatars. It looks like the upgrade broke that plugin.

  28. Ducked.nl (1 comments.) says:

    Gooed piece of information, I had to find it out own my own to made it work on my blog here.

    I finally made use of a plugin ;)

  29. Web Design Manager says:

    What is the difference between Gravatars and Avatars, I mean the key factor. No one can answer me.

  30. Ronald Huereca (66 comments.) says:

    @Web Design Manager,

    Gravatars are the same as Avatars. There is no difference.

    Gravatars stand for Globally Recognized Avatars. GR-Avatars.

    Any system that utilizes the Gravatars API will be able to pick yours up from your e-mail address.

  31. ?? (1 comments.) says:

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  32. tom says:

    As I understand it, they were added into WP core not merely because this is an oft-requested feature, but also because theme and plugin authors can override the function in order to pull in avatars from sources other than Gravatar.

  33. Aidil Omar (1 comments.) says:

    Doesn’t work on my theme. :-(

  34. Monty Flinsch says:

    Thanks for the helpful info

  35. lostasylum (1 comments.) says:

    my avatars don’t work on my own website either… i tried using the option here: http://www.dezzain.com/wordpre.....tegration/ but all it did was mess up my comments portion…. any idea?

  36. Ruben Omar Cobos Leal (1 comments.) says:

    Excelent tuto , iwas looking exactlly for this :)

  37. John Crenshaw (1 comments.) says:

    Has anyone had any problems with the avatar-default class being assigned to the image if the default image is used. For some reason that class isn’t being assigned when the default avatar is used. I’m trying to hide the avatar if the default is used and have no way to differentiate the default images from the rest.

  38. NsaneNoob (1 comments.) says:

    Gravatars are a great adition to WordPress.

  39. Jeff (1 comments.) says:

    Thanks for the article.. I didn’t realize even though gravatar’s are built into wordpress that you still have to install the gravatar plugin. Got it working now.. thanks.

  40. don (1 comments.) says:

    Nice post. I have been searching for this exact info. Thanks!

  41. martijn says:

    Doesn’t seem to work…..

  42. a?k ?iirleri sevgi (1 comments.) says:

    Hi, how can i get 2.5 themes?

  43. Justin Kistner (1 comments.) says:

    I was getting the error “Unexpected character input”, but I was able to fix it using double quotes around the number value for size.

  44. Joe says:

    Ca we make our own gravatar image on wordpress.com?

  45. Michael (1 comments.) says:

    After a long overdue upgrade, the tips worked like a charm. Thanks!



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