What is the difference between Avatar and Gravatar?
Or, if you have a website, Gravatar helps you easily display unique avatars for all of your users. Gravatar is a portmanteau of the phrase globally recognized avatar. The idea is that a person can upload an avatar in one spot (the Gravatar website) and then have that avatar automatically recognized by other websites.
What is scraped Gravatar?
Italian security researcher, Carlo Di Dato discovered that the hidden URL API routes as those shown below can allow a web scraper or bot to enumerate every single Gravatar profile and collect its public data.
How to set custom avatars for users ( Gravatar )?
If you selected to use Gravatar, then it will only show first letter avatars for users who do not have a Gravatar image associated with their email address. If you chose to replace gravatar, then this plugin will show the first in user’s name as their avatar.
How can I create my own default Gravatar image?
Here is how you can easily add your own custom default gravatar image in WordPress. First you need to create an image that you want to use as the default gravatar. This image should be a square, like 250×250 pixels. Next, you need to upload this image to your WordPress site.
How can I change my default Avatar in WordPress?
You can now visit Settings » Discussionpage and you will notice your custom default avatar added to default avatar choices. Select your custom default avatar image, and then click on the save changes button. WordPress will now use your image for users who don’t have their gravatar associated with their email addresses.
Is there a way to change the default Gravatar on WordPress?
Out of the box WordPress uses the mystery person icon as the default gravatar. You can change that to blank or gravatar logo. There are few other options available as well. These are automatically generated images in different designs. These images use comment author’s name or email address to mathematically generate a unique gravatar image.