In this article we share a way to have a custom gravatar for your blog users which you can incorporate in your blog.
As you can see in our comment box, when a user who does not have a gravatar account comments, our wpbeginner logo shows up. You can do the same now. First thing you need to make sure is that your theme have gravatar enabled.
1. Open your functions.php file which is located in your themes folder.
2. Then paste the following code in there
add_filter( 'avatar_defaults', 'newgravatar' );
function newgravatar ($avatar_defaults) {
$myavatar = get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/images/gravataricon.gif';
$avatar_defaults[$myavatar] = "MyAvatar";
return $avatar_defaults;
}
You need to understand the variables in the code above.
‘/images/gravataricon.gif’ is the location of the image file. It must be saved under the theme folder that you are using.
Change WPBeginner to the name that you want to give your Gravatar and you should be all set.
3. Upload this file
4. Login to your WordPress Admin Panel and click on Settings > Discussion
Your gravatar now show up like the picture above displays. Select it and save changes, and you are all set.
Now you should be able to change your gravatar in no time.
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