FV Gravatar Cache
Speeds up your website by making sure the gravatars are stored on your website and not loading from the gravatar server.
3.9(11 reviews)
·700 active installs·Updated 10 months agoAs of April 2026, FV Gravatar Cache is a WordPress cache plugin with 700 active installations and a 3.9/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 38K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Top alternative: WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images….
3.9/511 reviews
700active installs
38K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
There’s one problem with Gravatars. They are very slow to load. Each page with comments on them makes one call per comment to the Gravatar server. While a single call takes only a 100ms, on a page with hundreds of comments, we are talking about major slowdowns. Page loads can take 20 seconds and more.
This plugin solves this problem by:
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caching gravatars with WordPress cron job..
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caching gravatars on comment submission
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maintaining a single copy of the default gravatar instead of downloading it again and again for all the email addresses with no gravatar associtated
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.5
- Tested up to WordPress 6.8
- Fix PHP warnings before settings are saved
- Fix settings page access to be admins only
- Added uninstall procedure to remove files and database table
- Security: Added nonces for settings page list of avatars
…and 2 more changes
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