Removing Gravatar from a theme

  • https://colorlightstudio.com/2007/11/20/cubismo/

    That’s the theme I use. I find it great but I don’t like the Gravatars at all and would like to remove them. Changing the default avatar from the WP control panel doesn’t work with this theme and I still see nothing but default Gravatars (blue ones with a white letter “G”) in my comments.

    I also really like the Wavatars and would like to use them instead of the Gravatars – is there a way? Could you please help me?

    Thank you in advance!

    And those are the gravatar-related lines I found in the theme’s source:

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    style.css

    .comment_wrap img.gravatar {
    float: right;
    margin-top: 5px;
    margin-right: -8px;
    border: 0 !important;
    position: relative;
    }
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    comments.php

    <img src=”<?php gravatar(‘X’, ’40’); ?>” alt=”<?php //_e(‘Gravatar’); ?>” class=”gravatar” />
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    functions.php

    function gravatar($rating = false, $size = false, $default = false, $border = false) {
    global $comment;
    $out = “https://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=&#8221;.md5($comment->comment_author_email);
    if($rating && $rating != ”)
    $out .= “&rating=”.$rating;
    if($size && $size != ”)
    $out .=”&size=”.$size;
    if($default && $default != ”)
    $out .= “&default=”.urlencode($default);
    if($border && $border != ”)
    $out .= “&border=”.$border;
    echo $out;
    ===================================
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  • Thread Starter Kalev

    (@kalev)

    function gravatar($rating = false, $size = false, $default = false, $border = false)

    ^

    $default = wavatar

    And a wavatar appears. ??

    Is not the gravatar website URL gravatar.com built into the main WordPress code itself as well? outside the theme,

    THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON BEFORE GOING LIVE WITH WORDPRESS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIVE ALREADY IF NOT FOR THIS.

    so when I came upon this tread I had to add my two cents this makes me start to wonder what else is in the there like this

    Pretty good thing that gravatar.com has going, by providing that gravatar service they are basically tracking your hits, page views, category’s and content and are able to follow you from blog to blog and forums, they could put together some profile on you whenever they want. I know you could jump through hoops, using another email username etc, but how many out there really will?

    Defenders! Do not even try to dispel this, it is a fact every time a gravatar is displayed there own website logs record it and the identifying url, and if anybody thinks they do not keep a database on this you are insane!!!

    I find it very odd, there is no WordPress option to offer a regular everyday avatar upload at the least, or a fix to completely fumigate this gravartar.com service from a wordpress blog

    simply Turning that off will stop the displaying but not the page hit counting and there site contact

    Some my like this service, I do not have a problem with that, some people out there use there full name as email addresses to each there own, But this should be a optional plugin ONLY and should never be rooted in the WordPress code or anywhere else

    JMO

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