How to: Add any authors gravatar to their post
This is an easy one, just add one line to your single.php file where you would like the Gravatar to show up.
<?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_id(), $size = '96', $default = '<path_to_url>' ); ?> Click here to continue readingDisplay custom url if comment authors url is blank
Here is a nifty trick for your comments.php template. If someone comes to your site and leaves a comment but doesn’t leave a url back to there site, the default link that is shown in place of the php code comment_author_url is the current page link.
That might not look good. So, here is a little trick that I just implemented into my site. Besides installing the twittar plugin and pulling Twitter avatars I wanted to use the image itself for the authors url like. But if the author doesn’t have a Twitter avatar or a Gravatar it will display a
Click here to continue readingTwitter avatars inside your WordPress comments
Ricardo Sousa, who writes for Smashing Magazine created a great plugin called Twittar.
This plugin will use someones Twitter Gravatar if their email address is not connected with a Gravatar.
For more info check out the full post at Twitter Avatars in Comments: A WordPress plugin
Image credit: Ricardo Sousa
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