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Display a User Gravatar from an Email Address

<?php
  $gravatar_link = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' . md5($comment_author_email) . '?s=32';
   echo '<img src="' . $gravatar_link . '" />';
?>

The variable "$comment_author_email" would be a string of a valid email address. If the email isn't in the Gravatar database, it will return a default graphic. "$comment_author_email" is the default WordPress variable that populates from a cookie for people who have previously commented (if the theme supports it).

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  1. Tymon Sturgeon

    Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for!

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  2. Christopher Geary

    Thanks a million, I noticed that WordPress had the ability to show Avatars, But i couldn’t for the life of me work out how to add them. Saw this post, and thought I would give it a go. :)

    Also, this should post my gravatar i presume?

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