Gravatars!

What is a Gravatar? Simple, it’s an avatar that can be shown on enabled blog sites when you comment on a blog.

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.

Do you want a gravatar that will automatically be shown when you leave a comment? Get one here.

So you’ll notice I just added the gravatar function to my own blog comments.  I believe that most newer Wordpress themes already have this built in. However if you are using an older theme, it’s very simple to add.

Check out this site for how to add Gravatars to your own blog.

Or you can try this plugin that I just found. It is probably easier if you don’t know anything about PHP. I haven’t tried it since I already did it the hard way first. Please leave me a comment if you try this plugin or have tried this lugin and let us know what you think.

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.

Have fun!