How to Create a Gravatar Profile
What's up, everyone?
Today, I'm bringing you a small tutorial on setting up a Gravatar account. A Gravatar is an image that follows you around the internet, particularly across the WordPress network, enhancing your online presence with a personal touch (which leads to trust).
In This Tutorial, You’ll Learn:
- What is a Gravatar? Understand the importance of having a personal image associated with your email address to build trust with your audience.
- Finding Your Associated Email: I'll guide you through checking which email is linked to your WordPress user profile, setting the stage for your Gravatar setup.
- Creating Your Gravatar Account: Step-by-step instructions on how to sign up for Gravatar with your desired email address, ensuring it aligns with your WordPress user.
- Choosing the Right Image: Tips on selecting and uploading an image to Gravatar that represents you best, whether it's a personal photo, an emoji, or any visual that you feel embodies your online identity.
- Linking Gravatar to WordPress: Once your image is set, I'll show you how it integrates with your WordPress sites, appearing in comments and enhancing the personal feel of your interactions.
- The Impact of Gravatar: Discussing how a Gravatar can make your comments and posts more engaging and trustworthy, encouraging more interaction from your audience.
Gravatars are a simple yet powerful way to personalize your online activity, especially when engaging with your WordPress websites.
If you have any questions about setting up your Gravatar or want tips on choosing the right image, drop a comment below, and I'll be glad to help.
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I did set up avatar. Prior to that I made 2 comments on a post and showed up as admin no picture. How can I know show avatar in old comments? Or would that be for all new comments made? Also I would like to resize a picture in post. Can that be done?--ty--mb
Whenever you change your Gravatar image it'll automatically update even in the old comments.
As for resizing a picture, yes. Click on the image, and look on the right. There is Width and Height. You can edit there.
Thanks for another great lesson Kyle. I just checked a gravatar I set up five years ago and it is still working. I'm not sure why but a few years ago I was no longer able to post comments on a friend's website. I think if I keep digging I will work out why.
Hi Kyle, I am trying to follow what you are explaining in relation to adding a Gravatar and you skipped really quickly through picking up your email in relation to confirmation. I am unsure exactly where to pick up my email - it looks like the back office in the video, but I can't find anything in my website back office which relates to emails - can you help please. I reckon I have been here previously but failed and given up so a quick response would be amazing to keep me in forward motion cheers!
It depends what email address you used. If you used your email that you created here for a particular domain, you find that under Websites => SiteManager and then go to the SiteEmail tab.
Here is the direct link for that:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/email
If you used a gmail account or otherwise, you would simply log into that account to get the conformation. I hope this helps you out Sian, but if you need anything else moving forward, let me know. :)
I waited for over an hour before I posted in here after trying many different things over and over. I thought I checked my spam box even a couple different times for the email and didn't see it. Well I went back again and actually finally found it, clicked through and now my sight is recognizing my Gravatar for the third site. Was rewarding I figured it out myself! ;-)
Awesome, really glad you sorted this out and going through the process and figuring it out like you have has led to a newfound "gravatar" skill set. ;)
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My image isn't showing on my website, but I have changed my picture in Gravatar.
Try clearing your browser cache. If still the same, try clearing your site cache, Carolann.
Hi, I did this, but then used another browser, and it seemed to work.
OK, glad you are sorted. If your old page was cached in your browser, this is why you wouldn't have seen it. :)