How many times have you clicked on the Gravatar image of somebody who has left a comment on a blog post and not been able to find their blog details? Frustrating, isn’t it?
The image that appears next to a comment is known as a Gravatar. Here’s an example.
If I hover my mouse over Ritu’s image, the following happens.
If I wanted to find Ritu’s blog, I would need to click on the ‘View Complete Profile’ button.
When I do that, I’m taken to her Gravatar page.
Ritu’s websites, including her blog, are listed towards the bottom of the page. All I have to do is click on the ‘But I Smile Anyway‘ blog image (under ‘Websites’) and, hey presto, I’m taken straight to her blog.
But how do you add your WordPress blog to your Gravatar profile?
- Using a search engine, search for Gravatar.
- Sign into Gravatar by using your WordPress sign in details (top right of the page).
- You’ll be taken to your Gravatar page.
- Click on ‘My Profile.’
- In the right-hand box, click on ‘Websites.’
- At the bottom of the page click on the ‘Add WordPress.Com Site’ button.
On this page, you can also add other websites such as your Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites by clicking on the ‘Add Website’ button.
- Select the WordPress blog you want to add.
- Click on ‘Add Checked’ and/or ‘Save’.
Your WordPress blog will now be added to your Gravatar.
Any questions? Leave me a comment, and I’ll get back to you.
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This was really helpful! I actually had some of my profile already set up on Gravatar, but did not have my websites linked, so thank you for helping me figure that out! I also needed to update my profile since it was clearly an old one lol.
So glad to have been of some help. I’m glad it also acted as a reminder to update your profile.
Not sure why, but your comment ended up in my WordPress spam folder. Thank goodness I check it at least once a day.
Yeah, that happens once in a while with people who comment on my posts too, even people who comment regularly. I’m not sure how WordPress is figuring out what spam is lol.
Me neither. It’s one of the little mysteries of WordPress.
Reblogged this on WordPress Guidelines and commented:
Do you know that you can add your WordPress Blog name to your “Gravatar” which is what readers will see when they hover their mouse over your icon / gravatar when you Comment upon a post? Here is how it is done.
Great help thank you, I had no idea that was possible. I am so glad Gin and Lemonade shared your link in her post as it helped me figure it out. https://ginlemonade.com/2018/03/13/more-no-bullshit-blogging-advice/
You’re welcome. And thank you to Lorna for linking to the post.
I am definitely saving this for later. I keep seeing things about putting in a gravatar, but haven’t given much thought to it. How do I come up with a logo?
A logo for your Gravatar? Just replace the current picture on your Gravatar with a logo. Under ‘My profile’ click on ‘Photo Gallery’ then on ‘add new image’ and add the new image of your logo from there.
Very helpful tips indeed.Luckily I already had updated my blog but after reading this I went and cross checked.#Bloggerpitstop
Thank you. I did the same, although I did end up adding a few of my social media sites to my Gravatar.
I remember not being able to do this and finding it frustrating. Your post gave me a nudge to check out mine and make sure everything was all good- it is! I had completely forgotten about this and had a momentary panic that I had never figured it out. 🙂
Good to hear you had, Kat. Always worth checking, though. I recently added some more of my social media accounts to my Gravatar.
Another popular one Hugh, we will feature this on the next Blogger’s Pit Stop
Kathleen
Blogger’s Pit Stop
That’s wonderful news, Kathleen. Thank you so much.
I can’t remember if I set mine up or not! Thanks for sharing the directions with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! Roseann from http://www.thisautoimmunelife.com
You’re welcome. I hope you managed to check if yours is all set up on your Gravatar?
I think I’m all set up with my Gravatar, but need my computer to double-check. Since I have not sat at my desk for a few days, I will finally leave a comment first and check tomorrow. 🙂 As to reposting older blogs, I’m playing with the idea to do so myself in a little while. But, I’d like to share some of my “adventurous” sailing posts from my previous blog as a preface to my memoir stories or something like that. Few people, if any of my recent followers, have seen those.
All of the archives of our blogs are filled with treasure, Liesbet. It’s definitely worth bringing out those old blog posts and giving them another airing. I don’t think many readers have the time to delve into them to see what might be in there. I’m sure you’ll see that they will be very successful when you republish them.
Yep, my website was hooked up to my Gravatar, but you inspired me to complete my profile and add a few other sites. Thanks, Hugh! 🙂
That’s great to know, Liesbet. I did the same thing with my ‘about me’ page yesterday.
Another great piece of advice! Thanks!
You’re very welcome.
I’m glad you’re bringing these posts out again. This one would have made no sense to me in 2016, but I could do something about it today.
That’s great to hear, April. I’m always delighted to help fellow bloggers and writers out.
It seems like it is not just my pet peeve Great idea to repeat this post and for that, I thank you, Hugh…
You’re welcome, Carol. I’ve lots more of these types of posts coming up.
Have a lovely weekend.
I hope you have a great weekend as well Hugh 🙂
Hi, Hugh – I just checked out my own Gravatar and made some changes. Thanks for the prompt!
You’re welcome, Donna. I did the same when updating this post yesterday.
Great timing on this post, Hugh, I think there are many newer and inexperienced bloggers out there that don’t use this feature. Some don’t want to show their picture (which is ridiculous). I tend to NOT follow bloggers who don’t take this important step, because honestly, spam sites don’t have gravatars and you can’t tell the difference. I hope people read this and take it to heart, to help improve their blog’s credibility. And you gave me a great idea for sharing some older posts of my own 🙂
I agree, Terri. I can’t remember when I first came across this tip for the Gravatar, but I know just how much I appreciated coming across it. I know that for those of us who are a little camera shy, Gravatar also allows images for each profile, so there’s no excuse for not having some kind of image on a Gravatar if you don’t want to show yourself. And that’s a great tip about spammers not having any image on their Gravatar. I never thought about that.
That’s great that I’ve inspired some ideas for you about sharing older blog posts. Our blog archives are full of treasure that was not discovered enough when we first published those posts.