Avatars » Gravatars

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• Upload an Avatar
• Remove an Avatar
• Additional Information

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On WordPress.com, an Avatar is associated with the email address in your user profile.

If you have set an avatar, it will be displayed when you post to the forums, when you comment on blogs, and if one of your posts is displayed in any of the WordPress.com community features.

Here are some examples of how avatars are displayed:

Forums

Comments on a Blog Post

Comments Administration Screen

We use the Gravatar service on WordPress.com to power your user avatar and because Automattic owns both companies, we are able to link your accounts automatically between the two sites.

Upload an Avatar

Visit Your Profile and click on the link to Change your Gravatar.

A popup will appear. Click one of the 4 options (outlined in orange in the following screenshot) for setting a new image.

Follow the on screen instructions and you should have a new avatar set for your account.

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Remove an Avatar

Visit Your Profile and click on the link to Change your Gravatar.

A popup will appear. Click the My Account menu and select the Manage option.

You will be shown a list of each email address associated with the account. Click the Don’t use this image link for the appropriate email address.

The image associated with the email address will be set back to the default Gravatar logo.

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Additional Information

If you change your email address, you may need to go to My Account > Manage in the Gravatar settings and re-assign your Gravatar to your new email address. 

If the popup for Gravatar doesn’t work, you can visit gravatar.com directly.

If you are changing your avatar, it might take a few hours for caches to clear. You can clear your browser’s cache, which will help.

There are several avatar display options available in the Discussion Settings.

Last modified: December 23, 2008