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Avatar Tooltip

To show a tooltip with info (member info and Gravatar profile) when you mouseover/click on an avatar.

By axenso·Avatar·Free
1(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 13 years ago
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As of April 2026, Avatar Tooltip is a WordPress avatar plugin with 10 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles….

1/51 reviews
10active installs
3.2K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

You can enable a tooltip that shows info about user/author when you rollover/click on related avatar.

Let’s speak clearly: if you are loooking for a plugin that enables the standard Gravatar hovercards, this is not the plugin right for you. Please look for another one.

When you rollover/click on an avatar (e.g. of a comment author), a tooltip popups and shows:

  • some additional links if the author is a registered user: e.g. to user post archive, to user external website, to user blog (if multisite)
  • some info from Gravatar if author is registered to that service: e.g. location, “about me” description, websites, other account pages (facebook, twitter….)

In plugin settings you can set up the javascript and css main options.

The plugin comes with some filter hooks, so…

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Ratings & Reviews

11 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.2

  • Updated: for a better integration with other plugins the get_avatar filter priority was increased to be sure that the [rel] attribute is added after other filters
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

axensoaxenso
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.2
Last Updated
Mar 26, 2013
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.5.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
3.2K+
Added
Jun 8, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

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axenso
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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