baptx

Simplest plugin to disable Gravatar on BuddyPress, for people who just want to run the code “add_filter(‘bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav’, ‘__return_true’);” as a plugin that can be easily enabled or disabled.
The plugin was created to improve privacy when using my Premium “BuddyPress Improved” plugins (search members by distance and WebRTC webcam video chat). It can be used with any other plugins without conflicts.

BuddyPress Improved: disable Gravatar

Simple and lightweight plugin to disable Gravatar fallback when profile picture is missing on BuddyPress, for better privacy without third-party reque …

FolioVision

There’s one problem with Gravatars. They are very slow to load. Each page with comments on them makes one call per comment to the Gravatar server. While a single call takes only a 100ms, on a page with hundreds of comments, we are talking about major slowdowns. Page loads can take 20 seconds and more.
This plugin solves this problem by:
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caching gravatars with WordPress cron job..
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caching gravatars on comment submission
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maintaining a single copy of the default gravatar instead of downloading it again and again for all the email addresses with no gravatar associtated
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FV Gravatar Cache

I deactivated plugin but still contains elements in Database

Database Junk

Speeds up your website by making sure the gravatars are stored on your website and not loading from the gravatar server.

BuddyPress Improved: disable Gravatar vs FV Gravatar Cache