You may have heard the name Gravatars quite often lately and wondered what its all about. I’m going to explain this morning about Gravatars, how they work, why you should use them and how to enjoy them on your own WordPress blog.

What are Gravatars?

Gravatars are Globally Recognized Avatars

How do Gravatars work?

With Gravatar you can participate in blogs and forums all over the net and never have to upload an avatar. With Gravatars you simple join for free with your email address at http://www.gravatar.com/ and upload or choose your favorite avatar. Thats it! Now whenever you take part in a discussion on a Gravatar enabled site your avatar is fetched for you. No more uploading to your profile at all the sites you visit, you don’t even need to login as long as your email is used your Gravatar will be fetched for you. Since the release of WordPress version 2.5 Gravatar support is now built in to all WordPress sites.

Why use Gravatars?

Your comments and ideas are you own, so leave your mark with your Gravatar.
Use your sites logo as your Gravatar to help promote your site.
Its so simple and convenient why wouldn’t you use them.
Did I mention it was free?

How do I use Gravatars on my WordPress blog?

As I mentioned above, starting with 2.5 Gravatar support is built in. Simply go to your admin area and activate them. Admin > Discussion > Gravatars

Now pending on your theme you may or may not have the correct code to display the Gravatars. Not to worry its very easy to add. See my post about adding avatars to comments.

About The Author

Written by MissDanni
MissDanni is a jill of all trades, from web design to web promotion and everything in between, you might just say web everything. Working in the web industry since 2000 she continues to learn new things everyday. "Nothing is impossible if you are willing to take the time to learn and make mistakes."

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Tags: Automattic, Avatar, Gravatars, wordpress, wordpress 2.5

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