by Bart Kuijper 5 (1 reviews)

Redirect Gravatar requests

Name: Redirect Gravatar requests
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Bart Kuijper

All requests to load an avatar from gravatar.com are redirected to a local image, preventing Gravatar from potentially gathering data about your site …

Redirect Gravatar requests ranks #13,229 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #489 of 2,892 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated May 25, 2022. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.0.15 (Current: 7.1.1)

v2.0.0 Current Version v2.0.0

Updated 4 years ago Last Update on 25 May, 2022

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#489 of 2,892 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.0
Last Updated: May 25, 2022
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 6.0.15
PHP Version: 5.6.20 or higher
Author: Bart Kuijper

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Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to prevent visitor and author data from being sent to Gravatar.com. It intercepts avatar requests and replaces Gravatar images with a locally stored placeholder, stopping WordPress from sending author email hashes to gravatar.com.

Redirects Gravatar requests locally
Replaces avatars with local image
Removes Gravatars from Discussion settings page
Updates default avatar on activation
Reverts default avatar on deactivation
Leaves non-Gravatar avatars unaffected

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Redirect Gravatar requests

Not through the WordPress Dashboard. You would have to replace /wp-content/plugins/redirect-gravatar-requests/mystery.jpg. You would also have to repeat this after each plugin update. The reason for this choice is simple: if you enable the display of avatars, but use this plugin to block Gravatars, then you most likely are already using another plugin for custom avatars.

There is nothing to be configured about this plugin. As soon as it's activated, it will redirect all attempts to load a Gravatar from gravatar.com to the locally stored 'mystery person' image included with this plugin. You can verify that the plugin is working on a page displaying (Gr)avatars in Chrome by opening the developer console (default hotkey F12), selecting the 'Network' tab at the top, typing 'gravatar' in the console's search box and then reloading the page (by pressing CTRL+R). With the plugin deactivated, you will see requests going out to gravatar.com. With the plugin activated, you will see those requests going to this plugin's locally stored image instead.

This plugin filters the WordPress get_avatar function. However some theme and plugin authors use their own code to load (Gr)avatars, in some cases even if the display of avatars is disabled completely in WordPress' settings. In order for this plugin to be able to intercept Gravatars, the offending theme or plugin has to either be making use of the get_avatar function or at least apply the get_avatar filter in their code. If you come across such a theme or plugin, feel free to open a support ticket and I'll be happy to see if there's a way to deal with it.

It should be, since this plugin specifically targets only Gravatars. If you do run into problems, please let me know.