using the Gravatar in WordPress.

Posted on November 30, 2008 by

Gravatar is Globally Recognized Avatar, It can be identified by your email address or ID in http://www.gravatar.com/.

The Great WordPress supported gravatar system above version 2.5, we can show the avator icon by the function get_avatar(); I patch my theme (comment.php) this afternoon, and let it supported the gravatar icon. if you wants your WordPress to support the gravatar, please follow the steps:

first, if you don’t have a gravatar, please sign up for one.

second, modify your comment.php in your /wp-content/themes/your_theme/comment.php and insert the function get_avatar(); .

for an example:



    echo get_avatar( $comment, $size = '48', $default = 'url' );

    //   the $comment: just fill the prop. with the variable $comment.
    //   the $size: max is 512
    //   the $default: the default image url, you also can adjust in from your control panel.

echo get_avatar( $comment, $size = '48', $default = 'url' );

// the $comment: just fill the prop. with the variable $comment.

// the $size: max is 512

// the $default: the default image url, you also can adjust in from your control panel.

WordPress also provided for backwards compatibility(from codex.wordpress.org):



    if (function_exists('get_avatar'))
    {
       echo get_avatar($email);
    }
    else
    {
       //alternate gravatar code for < 2.5
       $grav_url = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=" . md5($email) . "&default=" . urlencode($default) . "&size=" . $size;
       echo "<img src='$grav_url'/>";
    }

if (function_exists('get_avatar'))

{

echo get_avatar($email);

}

else

{

//alternate gravatar code for < 2.5

$grav_url = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=" . md5($email) . "&default=" . urlencode($default) . "&size=" . $size;

echo "<img src='$grav_url'/>";

}

done! that’s it!

you can learn more at: Using Gravatars

by the way, if you want to test your gravatar, you may leave a comment above this post.

3 comments on “using the Gravatar in WordPress.”

Dandy Sun says:

November 30, 2008 at 19:56

test, test for gravatar.

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roga says:

November 30, 2008 at 20:56

Yes, sign up an account, upload you “avatar”, and fill your email address when you post an article. then you waill see your avatar.

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Cating says:

December 1, 2008 at 14:00

Test my global recognized avatar.

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