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Globally Recognized Avatar or Gravatar is a WordPress ’s avatar system which allows an avatar image displayed next to comments made by the user on any WordPress site. The image icon can be a brand representing your company and brand. WordPress comes with a series of default gravatar; this guide shows you how to upload a custom image and use it as the default gravatar in WordPress instead of the default image placeholder.

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Upload an image for  gravatar in WordPress

To upload image to Media library,  follow these steps:
  1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.
  2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Media:
  3. Click on Add New, and then click on Select Files to select and upload an gravatar image:
  4. The new gravatar image is listed on the Media Library:
  5. Click on the image, copy the File URL. This URL will be used in the code snippet in the upcoming sections:

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Add a default gravatar in WordPress

To add a default gravatar,  follow these steps:
  1. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Theme Editor:
ImportantYou will not be able to roll back to your earlier Theme configuration after any edits. Make a copy of  the Theme file before proceeding with the edits.
  1. On the Theme Editor, select the Theme you want to edit from the dropdown:
  2. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under Theme Files. Click on the file named “functions.php”:
  3. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file:
  1. Copy the URL from Step 5 inUpload an image for  gravatar and replace URL for $myavatar in the function.Click Update File button to update the file.