Redirect Gravatar requests
All requests to load an avatar from gravatar.com are redirected to a local image, preventing Gravatar from potentially gathering data about your site …
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·200 active installs·Updated 3 years agoAs of April 2026, Redirect Gravatar requests is a WordPress block plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.6.20+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
5/51 reviews
200active installs
4.0K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
When displaying a post or comment with avatars enabled, WordPress will always check for the existence of a Gravatar. (Note: even the default avatars ‘mystery person’ and ‘blank’ are in fact Gravatars served from gravatar.com.) WordPress does this by sending an MD5 hash of every displayed post or comment author’s email address to gravatar.com. Even with many plugins that introduce locally stored default or user avatars, this check still happens. On top of that, some themes or plugins force (Gr)avatars to load even if the display of avatars is disabled completely in WordPress’ settings. If for whatever reason you do not wish for Gravatar to receive these requests (which some people have voiced GDPR concerns about), this plugin is for you.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11 |
| PHP | 5.6.20+ required |
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Changelog
2.0.0
- Changed filter from
get_avatar_urltoget_avatarto also intercept Gravatars that were forcefully displayed by an unruly plugin. - All code refactored.
- Tested on WordPress version 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, and 6.0.
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