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WordPress.com Gravatar Widget

Posted by on 29th Jul 2009 WordPress Plugins 4 comments

WordPress.comWordPress.com have added a great new widget which lets you easily add an about me box to the side of your WordPress.com blog.

The widget is called Gravatar Widget because it displays the users Gravatar image and puts it in the about box.

Gravatar Widget

Many themes come with a standard About Me area which can be edited via the sidebar.php template however a widget is much more preferable as it allows you to switch between themes more easily (i.e. without having to hard code things again).

Here is what the configuration screen looks like:

Gravatar Widget

This is a great little plugin which I’m sure many WordPress.com bloggers will use. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there is an equivalent for self-hosting WordPress.org users. The closest I found was the About Me plugin but that doesn’t offer the same functionality.

Kevin Muldoon is a webmaster and blogger who lives in Central Scotland. His current project is WordPress Mods; a blog which focuses on WordPress Themes, Plugins, Tutorials, News and Modifications and useful resources such as 101 Places To Find Images For Your Blog Posts.

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4 comments - Leave a reply
  • Posted by Surender Sharma on 29th Jul 2009

    But this widget is not available for self hosted blogs.
    • Posted by Kevin Muldoon on 29th Jul 2009

      I know. I pointed this out in the post :)

  • Posted by Free Arcade Games on 29th Jul 2009

    This adds a pretty nice touch to an about page :D

    -Mike
  • Posted by sisca on 13th Aug 2009

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