José Miguel

Will Stocks

Optimum Gravatar Cache allows you to create a local cache with optimized copies of gravatars. The optimization is accomplished by resizing the avatars to the sizes used on your site, in addition to optimizing the images internally. Optimizations are performed to minimize the size of each avatar served by the plugin.
The plugin uses WordPress CRON to perform heavier tasks. Avatars are resized in the background. Avatars are optimized internally in the background. Except in certain cases where it is necessary to resize the avatars in the page request.
The plugin handles all your site’s gravatar as long as the wordpress get_avatar() function or buddypress bp_member_avatar() function is used. Works with plugins, themes, etc.
The plugin allows you to customize the avatar by default. This avatar is served whenever the user / visitor does not have a custom gravatar. This greatly reduces the number of requests made by your page, improving the user experience. Besides allowing to frame the avatar by default with the theme of your site.
The plugin, after being configured and activated, starts by serving gravatar for all. And it begins to create the cache dynamically in the background with the sizes being collected by the requests, as well as those configured on the plug-in page. When the avatar already exists in the cache, the plugin serves the avatar in cache. The plugin periodically checks to see if the user updated their gravatar on gravatar.com if yes is updated locally. This way, keeping an updated cache.
The plugin intends the following:
<ul>
<li>Work with the gravatars locally, cache;</li>
<li>Reduce the number of requests per page, thus reducing the total time required to load all files. This is achieved because most users do not have a custom gravatar, and for those, only one file needs to be downloaded;</li>
<li>Optimize all avatars by reducing their size and transfer time again.</li>
</ul>
Please if you find any bugs of any kind please contact me so that I can solve it as soon as possible.
<h3>Languages</h3>
<ul>
<li>English en_GB (@willstockstech)</li>
<li>Portuguese pt_PT (@jomisica)</li>
</ul>
Help translate this plugin into your language
<h3>Dependencies</h3>
This plugin depends on the following PHP modules:
<ul>
<li>php-gd or php-imagick (So that it can resize the avatars)</li>
<li>php-curl (So that it can communicate with the gravatar using the same connection to update several avatars)</li>
</ul>
The plugin also depends on WordPress CRON to be able to solve the heaviest tasks in the background.

Optimum Gravatar Cache

It stores optimized copies of gravatars locally, reducing the total number of requests. This will speed up site loading and consequently improve the u …

peterwsterling

Adds local (private) avatars for your users. Maybe your users don’t want a global avatar, aren’t IT savvy enough to set a Gravatar up, simply want a private avatar for your blog, or any other reason too… Well, from WordPress 2.5 onwards, you can manage local and global avatars with this plugin. Plus you can use your Twitter avatar too!
From v9.0 Avatars requires PHP version 5.1.3 or greater.
The plug-in now delivers the much requested feature of allowing users to upload their own local avatar. And, the latest new feature allows your users to use their <a href="http://twitter.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a> avatar. The order of precedence is; Local, Twitter, then Global. In other words; if you define a Local avatar for a user, that will be used, if there is no Local avatar defined and a Twitter ID is given for a user, the plugin will try to use that avatar. Lastly, where no Local avatar is defined and no Twitter ID is given (or Twitter doesn’t return a match), a unique Global avatar (<a href="http://gravatar.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Gravatar</a>) will be generated.
The local avatar feature list:
<ul>
<li>Have global or local avatars for your users.</li>
<li>Use Twitter avatars for your users.</li>
<li>Allow avatars to be included in posts. This is achieved securely; e-mail addresses are not exposed.</li>
<li>Detailed control over the default avatar to use for those users who do not have a global or local avatar. Allows a choice of a custom image, ‘mystery’ blank image, blank, Wavatar, Monster ID, or Identicon.</li>
<li>Wraps avatars in code to support SnapShots (www.snap.com), should your site use these.</li>
<li>Permits users to upload their own local avatars.</li>
</ul>
You may also be interested in the sister <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/01/01/comments-with-avatars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Comments with Avatars</a> plugin.
Plus there is now a new sidebar widget extension to the plug-in that provides a feature allowing users to manage their avatar from the sidebar without having to use WordPress’ profile administration page. It provides the same capability as the profile page. This new feature provides yet more support for users who may not, for example, be savvy enough to use the WordPress administration interface. Get the extension <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/01/avatars-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.
<a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/01/avatars-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Donations</a> are welcome and help keep development going.
<h3>Thanks</h3>
A lot of hard work has gone in to this plug-in, much of it at the request of people who use it, and I hope it is useful to you too! Please consider these things…
<ul>
<li>Please recognise your use of the plug-in on your blog. Maybe post an article (with a link back to http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/) to say how you’ve integrated the plug-in into your site? Or simply make sure the Author Credit option is enabled on the options page.</li>
<li>Remember that a lot of the features of the plug-in are a direct result of people asking for them. So, please get in contact and let me know what you think.</li>
<li>If you do find value in using the plug-in, please consider a donation at http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/01/avatars-plugin/ Size isn’t important, it’s the thought that counts!</li>
</ul>
Enjoy!
<h3>Internationalisation</h3>
Avatars provides support for language translations. Ensure WPLANG is set in your <code>wp-config</code> file. 
To help with the available translations create a .po translation and compile a .mo file. If you would like this to be included in the general distribution please send these files back via the <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/Comments/feedback.php" rel="nofollow ugc">feedback link</a>. I can’t accept any credit for these languages files, nor can I guarantee they are correct.
Available translations, from the English default, are:
<ul>
<li>Persian (WPLANG = fa_IR). Thanks to Mustafa Sufi.</li>
<li>Russian (WPLANG = ru_RU). Thanks to Levati.</li>
<li>French (WPLANG = fr_FR). Thanks to Adrien Schvalberg.</li>
<li>Spanish (WPLANG = es_ES). Thanks to Naceira – http://www.naceira.com/</li>
<li>Ukrainian (WPLANG = uk_UK). Thanks to Vadim Nekhai, website: http://onix.name/portfolio/</li>
<li>Portuguese Brazil (WPLANG = pt_BR). Thanks to Steff.</li>
<li>Japanese (WPLANG = pt_ja). Thanks to Kazuhiko Maeda.</li>
<li> Czech (WPLANG = cs_CZ). Thanks to Dominik Chrástecký.</li>
</ul>

Add Local Avatar

When I tried to add the user avatar the plugin showed the link as
//image-file.jpg 
Basically the plugin is broken.



It simply does not work

This plugin adds the ability to manage global, local, and use twitter avatars.

Optimum Gravatar Cache vs Add Local Avatar