How to Set Up Custom Avatars for Users in WordPress (Gravatar Alternative)

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Have you ever wanted to set custom avatars for users who leave comments without Gravatar ? Or do you want to get rid of Gravatar altogether and speed up your page loading time? In this article, we will show you a Gravatar alternative that allows you to use the first letter in the user's name as an avatar for WordPress comments.


First of all, you need to install and activate WP First Letter Avatar plugin. After activation, you need to visit Settings » WP First Letter Avatar to configure plugin settings.

First letter avatar settings

The plugin's settings page allows you to select a set of icons. Currently, it only comes with a default set of icons that is already selected.

If you want to completely replace Gravatar on your website, list of bosnia and herzegovina cell phone number you must uncheck the “Use Gravatar” box . When you are done, click the “Save Changes” button to save your settings.

You can now visit your website to see this plugin in action.

If you have chosen to use Gravatar, only first letter avatars will be displayed for users who do not have a Gravatar image associated with their email address. If you have chosen to replace Gravatar, then this plugin will display the first letter of the username as the avatar.

In the Gmail app, Google shows the first letter of the sender's name if the contact doesn't have a photo, so this is a pretty clever way of following that trend.

We hope this article helped you set custom avatars for users in WordPress as a Gravatar alternative.