Comments on: WP 2.5 has built-in gravatar support http://www.metablog.us/users/wp-25-has-built-in-gravatar-support/ blogging about blogging about Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:59:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Aziz Poonawalla http://www.metablog.us/users/wp-25-has-built-in-gravatar-support/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Aziz Poonawalla Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:36:16 +0000 http://www.metablog.us/users/wp-25-has-built-in-gravatar-support/#comment-27 awesome - i look forward to your next update :) I like the idea of choosing between using an alternate avatar service for all avatars OR letting the custom avatar kick in only if theres no default. To be honest I am not sure which way Id go. I love my Monsters :) Maybe I should create a Gravatar with my Monster... heh. awesome – i look forward to your next update :) I like the idea of choosing between using an alternate avatar service for all avatars OR letting the custom avatar kick in only if theres no default. To be honest I am not sure which way Id go. I love my Monsters :) Maybe I should create a Gravatar with my Monster… heh.

]]> By: ScottS-M http://www.metablog.us/users/wp-25-has-built-in-gravatar-support/comment-page-1/#comment-26 ScottS-M Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:43:55 +0000 http://www.metablog.us/users/wp-25-has-built-in-gravatar-support/#comment-26 I didn't know about that. From a quick look at the nightly builds, it looks like they implemented it pretty well. First, the <code>get_avatar</code> function is in <code>pluggable.php</code> (all functions inside <code>if (!function_exists( $functionName)) :</code>) so a plugin can just define the function and automatically overwrite the default function. Also, they include a nice filter to catch the default gravatar output and overwrite or mess with it (<code>apply_filters('get_avatar', $avatar, $id_or_email, $size, $default);</code>). It looks like a plugin could hook into that filter and check if <code>$avatar</code> contained <code>$default</code> and if so change to a plugin generated avatar (or just rewrite all avatar's to use plugin generated ones if you don't like gravatar). I'm still surprised gravatar hasn't implemented their own default avatar generation. It's really nothing special and even if they don't want to code it themselves there's a bunch of open source ones out there. I didn’t know about that. From a quick look at the nightly builds, it looks like they implemented it pretty well. First, the get_avatar function is in pluggable.php (all functions inside if (!function_exists( $functionName)) :) so a plugin can just define the function and automatically overwrite the default function. Also, they include a nice filter to catch the default gravatar output and overwrite or mess with it (apply_filters('get_avatar', $avatar, $id_or_email, $size, $default);). It looks like a plugin could hook into that filter and check if $avatar contained $default and if so change to a plugin generated avatar (or just rewrite all avatar’s to use plugin generated ones if you don’t like gravatar).

I’m still surprised gravatar hasn’t implemented their own default avatar generation. It’s really nothing special and even if they don’t want to code it themselves there’s a bunch of open source ones out there.

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