Easy Gravatars
Add Gravatars to your comments without modifying any template files. Just activate, and you're done!
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 14 Jan 2010
- Added
- Nov 2007
- Requires WP
- 2.0.4
- Tested up to
- WP 3.0.5
- Downloads
- 64,932
Our analysis
AI-assistedEasy Gravatars is a WordPress plugin that enables the automatic display of Gravatars for commenters on your site. It is designed for themes that do not already support Gravatars, allowing you to enhance user engagement through visual avatars next to comments.
To use this plugin, you simply activate it without needing to modify any template files. Once activated, it will automatically add Gravatars to your comments template, making it easy for commenters to have their avatars displayed if they have registered on Gravatar.com.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress users whose themes lack Gravatar support.
What it does well
- ✓Automatically adds Gravatars to comments
- ✓No template modification required
- ✓Simple activation process
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in January 2010
- •Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5
- •Directory score indicates potential issues
Verdict
Easy Gravatars provides a straightforward solution for adding Gravatars to comments, but its outdated status may limit compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
Dougal Campbell's own description of Easy Gravatars, lightly tidied.
This plugin allows you to automatically add Gravatars for commenters to your
theme, if your theme does not already support them.
According to the Gravatar.com website, Gravatars are Globally Recognized
Avatars, or an “avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog
appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites.”
You register with the Gravatar server, and upload an image which you will
use as your avatar. The gravatar image is keyed to your email address, so
that it is unique to you.
This plugin will display gravatars for the people who comment on your posts.
You do not need to modify any of your template files — just activate the
plugin, and it will add gravatars to your comments template automatically.
Credits
Based on a code snippet from Matt Mullenweg:
http://photomatt.net/2007/10/20/gravatar-enabled/
http://pastebin.ca/743979
Props to David Potter for pointing out that Gravatar normalizes email
addresses to lowercase before hashing with MD5:
http://dpotter.net/Technical/index.php/2007/10/22/integrating-gravatar-support/