Optimum Gravatar Cache
by José Miguel 5 (3 reviews)

Optimum Gravatar Cache

It stores optimized copies of gravatars locally, reducing the total number of requests. This will speed up site loading and consequently improve the u …

Optimum Gravatar Cache ranks #16,160 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #487 of 2,881 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Feb 7, 2024. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.4.10 (Current: 7.1)
v1.4.10 Current Version v1.4.10
Updated 2 years ago Last Update on 07 Feb, 2024
Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#487 of 2,881 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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#16,160
-6 this week
Active Installs
100+
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KW Avg Position
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Downloads
9.1K
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 32%
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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to speed up page loading by reducing external gravatar requests. It solves this by caching optimized, resized copies of gravatars locally and serving them instead of repeatedly fetching from gravatar.com.

  • Local gravatar caching
  • Resizes avatars to used sizes
  • Optimizes avatar image size
  • Background processing via WordPress CRON
  • Works with get_avatar() function
  • Works with BuddyPress bp_member_avatar()
  • Customizable default avatar
  • Periodically syncs updated gravatars

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Optimum Gravatar Cache

Yes, the plugin works with the following list of page cache plugins: WP Super Cache Hummingbird The plugin clears the cache of pages and posts that contain a particular Gravatar that has been updated. Other plugins that offer a way to clear the cache for a given post / page as well as the entire cache will be added in the future.
Yes, the plugin allows you to clear the Gravatars cache in Cloudflare.
Yes works well with new commenters. It is not necessary to be a registered user comment.
Yes, it is checked if the avatars have been updated on Gravatar.com and whenever they are updated there, they will be updated locally in the cache.
Through the plugin configuration pages. Go to the "Other Options" plugin configuration page and add the classes you need. Using the wordpress get_avatar() function through themes or plugins. <?php echo get_avatar ($id_or_email, $size, $default, $alt, array("class"=>"class1 class2")); ?> Using the buddypress function bp_member_avatar() through themes or plugins <?php bp_displayed_user_avatar (array ('type' => 'full', 'width' => 150, 'height' => 150, 'class' => 'class1 class2')); ?>

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