Title: Avatar Privacy
Author: pepe
Published: <strong>Februarie 13, 2012</strong>
Last modified: Mei 1, 2023

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Soek deur uitbreidings

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/avatar-privacy/assets/icon.svg?rev=2711226)

# Avatar Privacy

 Deur [pepe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pputzer/)

[Laai Af](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/avatar-privacy.2.7.0.zip)

 * [Besonderhede](https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/avatar-privacy/#description)
 * [Aanbevelings](https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/avatar-privacy/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/avatar-privacy/#installation)
 * [Ontwikkeling](https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/avatar-privacy/#developers)

 [Hulp](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/avatar-privacy/)

## Beskrywing

Avatars from Gravatar.com are great, but they come with certain privacy implications.
You as site admin may already know this, but your visitors and users probably don’t.
Avatar Privacy can help to improve the privacy situation by making some subtle changes
to the way avatars are displayed on your site.

The plugin works without changing your theme files (for reasonably modern themes),
and it does support multisite installations. Please note that the plugin does not
provide an options page of its own, it rather adds to the existing discussion settings
page.

#### Features

The plugin’s features summed up:

 * Self-uploaded avatars for users (and custom default images), hosted on _your_
   server.
 * Users and commenters explicitly opt-in before using gravatars.
 * Gravatar caching to ensure the privacy of your website visitors.
 * Don’t publish weakly encrypted e-mail addresses of comment authors.

A more detailed examination of the [reasons for using Avatar Privacy](https://code.mundschenk.at/avatar-privacy/reasons/)
can be found on the plugin homepage.

#### WP-CLI Commands

Avatar Privacy includes the following [WP-CLI](https://wp-cli.org) commands:

 * `wp avatar-privacy db show`: Show information about the custom database table(
   s).
 * `wp avatar-privacy db list`: List entries in the custom database table(s).
 * `wp avatar-privacy db create`: Create the custom database table.
 * `wp avatar-privacy db upgrade`: Upgrade the structure of the custom database 
   table.
 * `wp avatar-privacy default get-custom-default-avatar`: Show information about
   the custom default avatar for the site.
 * `wp avatar-privacy default set-custom-default-avatar`: Set a custom default avatar
   for the site.
 * `wp avatar-privacy default delete-custom-default-avatar`: Delete the custom default
   avatar for the site.
 * `wp avatar-privacy cron list`: List active cron jobs created by the plugin.
 * `wp avatar-privacy cron delete`: Delete cron jobs created by the plugin.
 * `wp avatar-privacy user set-local-avatar`: Set a local avatar image for a user.
 * `wp avatar-privacy user delete-local-avatar`: Delete the local avatar image for
   a user.
 * `wp avatar-privacy uninstall`: Remove data added by Avatar Privacy.

#### Feedback

Please report any problems with the plugin, I’ll do my best to sort things out. 
You can use the contact form on [my code site](https://code.mundschenk.at/avatar-privacy/)
or [create a topic in the support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/avatar-privacy).
You can contact me in German or English.

#### Credits

Avatar Privacy is based on the original plugin by [Johannes Freudendahl](http://code.freudendahl.net/projekte/avatar-privacy/).
The new release also includes work by several other people:

 * Daniel Mester Pirttijärvi ([Jdenticon](https://jdenticon.com)),
 * Shamus Young ([Wavatars](https://shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1462")),
 * Andreas Gohr (the original [MonsterID](https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2007-01/20_monsterid_as_gravatar_fallback)
   and [RingIcon](https://github.com/splitbrain/php-ringicon)),
 * Scott Sherrill-Mix & Katherine Garner (the [hand-drawn monster update](http://scott.sherrillmix.com/blog/blogger/wp_monsterid-update-hand-drawn-monsters/))
 * Benjamin Laugueux, Grummfy, Lucas Michot & Arjen van der Meijden ([Identicon](https://github.com/yzalis/Identicon)),
 * David Revoy ([Bird](https://www.davidrevoy.com/article720/bird-avatar-generator)
   and [Cat Avatars](https://www.davidrevoy.com/article591/cat-avatar-generator)),
 * Zikri Kader, Colin Davis & Nimiq ([RoboHash](https://robohash.org)), and
 * Johanna Amann (the Avatar Privacy icon).

## Installation

#### Requirements

Avatar Privacy has the following additional requirements beyond those of WordPress
itself:

 * Your server must run PHP 7.4.0 or later, and
 * the PHP installation must include the GD extension (most do).

## Kwel-vrae

### I activated the plugin and don’t see any change!?

Did you remember to visit the discussion settings page, activate ‘Show Avatars’?
You have to enable avatars for this plugin to be able to do anything.

### I saved the settings and still don’t see any changes. How do I know the plugin works?

Depending on which options you selected, you might not see a change in the way the
page looks. The changes are visible in the source code though:

 * Look at the gravatar image URL of a user without a gravatar. The plugin works
   if the URL looks like `[your site]/wp-content/uploads/avatar-privacy/cache/gravatars/[
   x]/[y]/[long SHA256 token]-68.png` instead of `https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/[
   other long MD5 token]?s=68&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F[long MD5
   token]%3Fs%3D68&r=PG`. There aren’t two URLs in there anymore, only one, and 
   the default URL looks the same for two comments without a gravatar.
 * You should see the checkbox on the comment form. You need to log out though to
   see it. If you are logged in, you should see a similar checkbox in your user 
   profile in the WordPress backend.

### I still don’t see the checkbox in the comment form!? Everything else works.

Then you probably don’t use a modern theme which makes use of the function `comment_form()`
to create the comment form. Check if you can find this function used in `comments.
php` or a similar file of your theme. If you do and it still doesn’t work, tell 
me. Otherwise chances are that you do have to add the checkbox manually. Use this
function:

    ```
    <?php if ( \function_exists( 'Avatar_Privacy\gravatar_checkbox' ) ) { \Avatar_Privacy\gravatar_checkbox(); } ?>
    ```

### What happens if I disable the plugin? Are any of the data altered?

The plugin saves additional data about whether commenters and users want to display
a gravatar or not (if you select that mode in the settings). These data are deleted
when you properly uninstall the plugin.

Apart from that, the plugin only filters data, but does not permanently change them.
Especially, if you deactivate the plugin und have gravatars turned on, they will
again show up for everybody, even those commenters and users who opted out of displaying
gravatars. You do have to change the default gravatar back manually, though.

### Can this plugin be used together with cache plugins?

Yes, it certainly can. You have to be careful though which plugin options you select
and how you cache your content. The first plugin option checks if a gravatar exists
for a given e-mail address and, if not, displays the default image directly. If 
you cache the output of this check, the gravatar will not be displayed if the user
later decides to sign up with Gravatar.com. If you’re using this option, you should
invalidate cached pages with gravatars on them (mostly the single view of entries)
regularly.

### Can this plugin be used on a multisite installation?

Yes, the plugin can be used on a multisite installation. You can either activate
it on individual blogs or do a network activation. As users are global to a multisite
installation, their choice regarding Gravatar.com use will affect all sites in the
network. So if a user comments on blog A and chooses to display gravatars, this 
decision will be followed on blog B and C too. On new installations, comment author(
i.e. non-user) opt-in is recorded per site, not per network. If you first installed
Avatar Privacy 0.4 or earlier, the global table `wp_avatar_privacy` continues to
be used for all sites in the multisite network. This behavior can be overriden by
the network admin via the filter hook `avatar_privacy_enable_global_table`.

### Won’t spam comments flood the database table with useless entries for the checkbox in the comment form?

The plugin doesn’t save the value of the “use gravatar” checkbox for comments by
registered users (see below), trackbacks/pingbacks (there is no e-mail address) 
and comments that are marked as spam when they are saved. If you mark a comment 
as spam later, the table entry is not removed, since the same e-mail address might
also be used by non-spam comments. If a comment is marked as spam by Akismet or 
similar plugins and you later manually mark it as non-spam, what the user selected
when submitting the comment will already be lost. This only happens with spam comments,
not comments who just need to be moderated, e.g. because of the ‘needs at least 
one published comment’ rule.

### Will the avatar caching make my disk space run out?

While storing the cached avatar images on your own server will take some extra disk
space, the plugin makes sure that it does not grow out of bounds by deleting cached
gravatars every other day and all other images once a week. When the cached file
is accessed again, it is automatically regenerated.

If you don’t have to worry about the amount of disk space consumed, you can extend
the maximum age of cached files via the filter hooks `avatar_privacy_gravatars_max_age`
and `avatar_privacy_all_images_max_age`. The cron job intervals can also be adjusted
via hooks (`avatar_privacy_gravatars_cleanup_interval` and `avatar_privacy_all_images_cleanup_interval`,
respectively).

### Can commenters override a registered user’s choice whether to display a gravatar by creating fake comments?

No, for registered users the user profile is checked, not the table for the commenter’s
choices. Commenters can not override this value, not even the user themselves if
they post a comment when not signed-in.

### Which plugins are known to work with Avatar Privacy?

These plugins have been tested successfully in conjunction with Avatar Privacy:

 * [AntiSpam Bee](https://wordpress.org/plugins/antispam-bee/)
 * [bbPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/)
 * [BuddyPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/)
 * [Comments – wpDiscuz](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/)
 * [EWWW Image Optimizer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/)
 * [Simple Author Box](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-box/)
 * [Simple Local Avatars](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-local-avatars/)
 * [Simple User Avatar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-avatar/)
 * [Theme My Login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login/)
 * [Ultimate Member](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/)
 * [Webmention](https://wordpress.org/plugins/webmention/)
 * [WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-manager/)

Please note that several [Jetpack by WordPress.com modules](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)
do not work well with Avatar Privacy because they generate their HTML markup on 
the WordPress.com servers.

If you find any problems with particular plugins, please tell me!

### What happens if I remove the plugin?

There is a difference between deactivating the plugin and uninstalling it. The plugin
gets deactivated if you do so on the plugins page or if you simply delete the plugin
files via FTP. No uninstallation tasks are performed then, so you can activate and
deactivate the plugin as you want without losing the plugin’s settings.

If you deactivate the plugin und have gravatars turned on, they will again show 
up for everybody, even those commenters and users who opted out of displaying gravatars.
If you changed the default avatar to one of the new local avatar images, the gravatars
will not be displayed until you change the default avatar image back.

### OK, but I really want to get rid of everything. How do I that?

If you want to completely uninstall the plugin and get rid of any data in the database,
you should properly uninstall it: Deactivate the plugin first via the WordPress 
plugins page and then click ‘delete’ (same page, next to the plugin). For multisite
installations, this has to be done by the network administrator on the network plugins
page.

The plugin saves additional data about whether commenters and users want to display
a gravatar or not (if you select that mode in the settings). The following data 
are stored by the plugin and deleted upon uninstallation:

 * custom table(s) `[prefix]_avatar_privacy` (global or per blog on new multisite
   installations)
 * `usermeta` values per user: `use_gravatar`, `avatar_privacy_hash`, `avatar_privacy_user_avatar`
 * `option` per blog: `avatar_privacy_settings`
 * option per network (`sitemeta`) on multisite installations: `avatar_privacy_salt`
 * `transient` per commenter: `avapr_check_[mail hash]`

The default avatar image is set to the mystery man if you selected one of the new
local default avatar images.

## Aanbevelings

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/66e77d32974695a6d19a72dc92a84fb8a8e74264f4324e1deacc74084c4b54d9?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Please update to the latest WordPress version!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-update-to-the-latest-wordpress-version/)󠁿

 [nmrockswp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nmrockswp/) September 6, 2024 1 reply

Hello, my dear. Is the plugin still being developed? We are currently using WP 6.6.1.
Your plugin works great and is very helpful when you have to comply with the GDPR.
I would like to continue using it in the future. Please update to the latest WordPress
version. Thank you very much!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/57a0b790f18fc77d201e7cf50ad3d12782936ff54395aff0aa1e7ed468b9c834?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just works perfectly. Good bye GDPR problems.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-works-perfectly-good-bye-gdpr-problems/)󠁿

 [visitor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gerritschuster/) Oktober 7, 2023

Great Plugin, thx! It does exactly what it should without getting on your nerves.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c66165f95fd9e1906e1826d1373e945874d3ed20625530ca7f29be68313f26f9?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[500 Error Code.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-code-6/)󠁿

 [yaseminjhanson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yaseminjhanson/) Julie 9, 2021 
3 replies

After Installing the Plugin I am getting 500 Error Code. When the plugin is activated,
I cannot enter the admin control panel. I need to delete the plugin folder via FTP.
My website is can you please help?

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30da3d21c0dfa12bbb8a4f8eda83d318c711ef628e439483b771196a51c04b16?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Finally something to simply take care of local avatars and privacy!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finally-something-to-simply-take-care-of-local-avatars-and-privacy/)󠁿

 [Soprano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/soprano/) Mei 21, 2021 1 reply

Love it, simple but effective.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bcc4a94b1988090f1e948127b3e6da393406d7062aee023387c90c5af0eaaa43?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Grundsätzlich wohl gut, habe aber wohl inkompatibles Theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wow-super-plugin-vielen-dank/)󠁿

 [alpengreis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alpengreis/) Januarie 26, 2021 3 replies

Zuerst war ich begeistert, dann aber spielte wohl mein Theme nicht mit, da es nicht
kompatibel scheint – das liegt aber wohl NICHT am PlugIn – deshalb lasse ich die
5 Punkte stehen …

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/304931994a735efde382d70bcb440a30bbc175e5b6b2a024dbe51e4fac08d715?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-12661/)󠁿

 [Jo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johegl/) Januarie 13, 2021

Great for a few reasons… * really nice server-generated avatars 🙂 * can even not
use Gravatar at all (and hide the checkbox) with a small snippet by the plugin author
in your functions.php: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-from-media-libraty/#
post-12792654 * making Gravatar GDPR-safe * simple to use

 [ Read all 25 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/avatar-privacy/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Avatar Privacy” is oopbron sagteware. Die volgende mense het bygedra tot die ontwikkeling
van hierdie uitbreiding:

Contributors

 *   [ pepe ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pputzer/)
 *   [ Ammaletu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ammaletu/)

“Avatar Privacy” has been translated into 8 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/avatar-privacy/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Avatar Privacy” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/avatar-privacy)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/avatar-privacy/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/avatar-privacy/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/avatar-privacy/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/avatar-privacy/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.7.0 (2023-05-01)

 * _Feature_: Avatar Privacy is now compatible with PHP 8.2.
 * _Feature_: The plugin now honors the `wp_delete_file` filter when deleting files.
 * _Change_: Requires at least PHP 7.4.
 * _Change_: Upgrades `identifier` column of `avatar_privacy_hashes` table to 256
   characters on supported MySQL/MariaDB versions (as it was in 2.4.0).
 * _Change_: The library `yzalis/identicon` has been removed as a dependency.
 * _Change_: Avatar Privacy now honors the `wp_delete_file` filter hook.
 * _Bugfix_: Icons from Webmentions using Gravatar will get cached now.
 * _Bugfix_: Uploading avatars for users with no role on the primary site of a Multsite
   network now works as expected.

#### 2.6.0 (2022-04-18)

 * _Feature_: The size of uploaded images is now checked to make sure processing
   does not overload the server. By default, all uploaded images have to be smaller
   than 2000×2000 pixels. The constraints can be adjusted with these new filter 
   hooks:
    - `avatar_privacy_upload_min_width`
    - `avatar_privacy_upload_min_height`
    - `avatar_privacy_upload_max_width`
    - `avatar_privacy_upload_max_height`
 * _Feature_: Improved caching to reduce the number of database queries.
 * _Change_: Requires at least WordPress 5.6 and PHP 7.2.
 * _Change_: Support for Internet Explorer (all extant versions, i.e. 9, 10, and
   11) has been dropped.
 * _Change_: A fabulous new plugin icon designed by [Johanna Amann](https://www.instagram.com/_jo_am/).

#### 2.5.2 (2021-04-30)

 * _Bugfix_: When a user is deleted, their local avatar image is removed as well.
 * _Bugfix_: The dependency version for JS and CSS files is properly calculated.(
   This also fixes the apparently empty PHP warning when `WP_DEBUG` is enabled.)

#### 2.5.1 (2021-03-13)

 * _Bugfix_: Fixes PHP 8.0 deprecation warning in the `level-2/dice` package.

#### 2.5.0 (2021-03-11)

 * _Feature_: Avatar Privacy is now compatible with PHP 8.0.
 * _Feature_: Integration for the following plugins had been added:
    - [Simple Local Avatars](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-local-avatars/)
    - [Simple User Avatar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-avatar/)
 * _Change_: The library `scripturadesign/color` has been removed as a dependency.
 * _Change_: Additional hardening.

#### 2.4.6 (2021-02-21)

 * _Bugfix_: Unchecking the Gravatar opt-in and anonymous commenting checkboxes 
   in a user’s profile screen works again.

#### 2.4.5 (2021-02-07)

 * _Bugfix_: Gravatar opt-ins by anonymous commenters are now properly saved on 
   WordPress 5.5 and later.

#### 2.4.4 (2021-02-03)

 * _Bugfix_: Gracefully handle changes to WordPress’ default DB collation (no more`
   Illegal mix of collations` errors).

#### 2.4.3 (2021-01-15)

 * _Bugfix_: Don’t break stuff (another build process fix, for real this time).

#### 2.4.2 (2021-01-15)

 * _Bugfix_: An unfortunate oversight in the build process led to crashes instead
   of the intended graceful failure when the installation requirements were not 
   met.

#### 2.4.1 (2021-01-10)

 * _Bugfix_: Don’t break the site when the options value in the DB has become corrupted.
 * _Bugfix_: Workaround for maximum database key length when using MySQL < 5.7.7
   or MariaDB < 10.2.2.

#### 2.4.0 (2021-01-10)

 * _Feature_: Legacy (default) avatars are now properly cached and resized.
 * _Feature_: There are now API methods to get and set a user’s (local) avatar (
   and their Gravatar and anonymous commenting policies).
 * _Feature_: New WP-CLI commands relating to local avatars added.
 * _Feature_: Integration for the [Simple Author Box](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-box/)
   plugin has been added.
 * _Change_: Requires at least WordPress 5.2 and PHP 7.0.
 * _Change_: The `yzalis/identicon` package has been updated to version 2.0.
 * _Change_: Some unused files have been removed from the `vendor-scoped` directory.
 * _Change_: A new per-site database table for fast hash lookup has been introduced(
   base name `avatar_privacy_hashes`).
 * _Change_: General code clean-up and removal of PHP 5.6 workarounds.
 * _Bugfix_: Gravatars will be properly regenerated for comment authors that have
   not set a policy (when the site-admin has switched the default to “opt-out”).
 * _Bugfix_: When a user requests deletion of their personal data, this now includes
   the uploaded avatar image files.
 * _Bugfix_: A timestamp is added to uploaded avatar images for better browser caching
   in the Profile screen.

#### 2.3.4 (2020-03-22)

 * _Bugfix_: Allow plain URLs as default avatars. Use the filter hook `avatar_privacy_allow_remote_default_icon_url`
   to allow third-party domains and `avatar_privacy_validate_default_icon_url` if
   you want to implement your own image URL validation.
 * _Bugfix_: Properly handle trackback/linkback avatars. This includes a workaround
   for avatars provided by the [Webmention](https://wordpress.org/plugins/webmention/)
   plugin. You can use `avatar_privacy_allow_remote_avatar_url` to prohibit third-
   party domains (the default is to allow them for webmentions) and `avatar_privacy_validate_avatar_url`
   if you want to implement your own image URL validation.
 * _Change_: Due to the trackback/linkback bug fix, the priority for `pre_get_avatar_data`
   filter can now be adjusted using the `avatar_privacy_pre_get_avatar_data_filter_priority`
   hook instead of being hardcoded.

#### 2.3.3 (2019-12-27)

 * _Bugfix_: Timestamps in WP-CLI commands now always use GMT.

#### 2.3.2 (2019-11-09)

 * _Bugfix_: Some error messages were not getting translated because of a [WP.org infrastructure change](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/11/09/new-javascript-i18n-support-in-wordpress/).

#### 2.3.1 (2019-09-29)

 * _Bugfix_: Will not crash on WordPress 4.9 anymore when the Gutenberg plugin is
   not activated.
 * _Bugfix_: The label for the block settings panel of the Avatar block was incorrect.

#### 2.3.0 (2019-09-28)

 * _Feature_: New shortcode `[avatar-privacy-form]` (optional parameter: `avatar-
   size`) to allow changing Avatar Privacy’s user settings on the frontend of the
   site.
 * _Feature_: Two blocks have been added to the Block Editor to allow displaying
   a user’s avatar and to change the settings related Avatar Privacy on the frontend.
 * _Feature_: Three new generated default avatars:
    - Bird Avatars,
    - Cat Avatars (both designed by David Revoy), and
    - RoboHash (designed by Zikri Kader).
 * _Feature_: Integration for the following plugins had been added:
    - [BuddyPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/)
    - [Theme My Login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login/)
    - [Ultimate Member](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/)
 * _Feature_: New template function `\Avatar_Privacy\gravatar_checkbox()` for legacy
   themes added.
 * _Feature_: There is a CLI interface to some parts of Avatar Privacy:
    - `wp avatar-privacy db show`: Show information about the custom database table(
      s).
    - `wp avatar-privacy db list`: List entries in the custom database table(s).
    - `wp avatar-privacy db create`: Create the custom database table.
    - `wp avatar-privacy db upgrade`: Upgrade the structure of the custom database
      table.
    - `wp avatar-privacy uninstall`: Remove data added by Avatar Privacy.
    - `wp avatar-privacy cron list`: List active cron jobs created by the plugin.
    - `wp avatar-privacy cron delete`: Delete cron jobs created by the plugin.
 * _Change_: `avapr_get_avatar_checkbox()` has been deprecated in favor of `\Avatar_Privacy\
   get_gravatar_checkbox()`.
 * _Change_: The ID and name of the `use_gravatar` comment form checkbox has been
   changed to `avatar-privacy-use-gravatar`. Please update custom CSS rules accordingly.
 * _Change_: Additional inline styling is added to the `avatar-privacy-use-gravatar`
   comment form checkbox to work around common theme limitations. Styling can be
   disabled using the `avatar_privacy_comment_checkbox_disable_inline_style` filter
   hook.
 * _Change_: All external PHP dependencies have been moved to the namespace `Avatar_Privacy\
   Vendor` to reduce the chance of conflicts with other plugins.
 * _Bugfix_: Gravatars are only cached if they are actually images to prevent issues
   with temporary Varnish errors on Gravatar.com.

#### 2.2.2 (2019-06-23)

 * _Bugfix_: Re-allow installation on 4.9.x for increased compatibility with possible
   future WordPress Core changes. The 2.2.x branch of Avatar Privacy is the last
   that will support WordPress < 5.2.

#### 2.2.1 (2019-06-08)

 * _Bugfix_: Compatibility with Windows servers.

#### 2.2.0 (2019-05-12)

 * _Feature_: Integration for the following plugins had been added:
    - [wpDiscuz](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/)
    - [WP User Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-manager/)

#### 2.1.0 (2019-04-14)

 * _Feature_: Improved compatibility with multisite installations. Plugin data will
   be properly deleted on uninstallation or when a site is removed. (“Large Networks”
   will still have to take manual action to prevent timeouts.)
 * _Feature_: Network settings for enabling/disabling global table use on multisite.
   Existing global data will be migrated to the site-specific tables when global
   table use is disabled (but not in the other direction).
 * _Change_: `usermeta` keys are now prefixed (`avatar_privacy_use_gravatar` instead
   of `use_gravatar`).
 * _Change_: Generally improved code quality through unit tests.
 * _Bugfix_: New multisite installations were incorrectly detected as “legacy”, 
   making them use the global table (instead of per-site tables). Affected installations
   can be switched via the new network settings page.

#### 2.0.5 (2019-02-23)

 * _Bugfix_: Fixed a previously undiscovered compatibility issue with recent versions
   of EWWW Image Optimizer.

#### 2.0.4 (2019-02-22)

 * _Bugfix_: Updated included libraries for improved compatibility with other plugins.

#### 2.0.3 (2018-11-30)

 * _Bugfix_: Prevent warnings when trying to retrieve the avatar for an invalid 
   user ID.

#### 2.0.2 (2018-09-09)

 * _Bugfix_: Updated included libraries for improved compatibility with other plugins.

#### 2.0.1 (2018-08-16)

 * _Bugfix_: The plugin no longer fails with a fatal error on PHP 5.6 (accidentally
   introduced in 2.0.0).

#### 2.0.0 (2018-08-11)

 * _Feature_: Administrators can now upload site-specific default avatar images.
 * _Feature_: The default policy previously only accessible via the `avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default`
   hook can now be set from the `Discussion` settings page.
 * _Feature_: New filter hooks `avatar_privacy_gravatar_link_rel` and `avatar_privacy_gravatar_link_target`
   to filter the `rel` and `target` attributes of all links to Gravatar.com.
 * _Bugfix_: The REST API returned incorrect avatar URLs for registered users (workaround
   for [trac ticket #40030](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40030)).
 * _Bugfix_: The gravatar use cookie is only set when the comment author has given
   consent.
 * _Change_: Internal restructuring to make maintenance easier.

#### 1.1.1 (2018-06-11)

 * _Bugfix_: Changing the default gravatar policy via `avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default`
   works again for registered users.

#### 1.1.0 (2018-06-10)

 * _Feature_: Supports the new privacy tools on WordPress >= 4.9.6 (export and deletion
   of personal data, suggested privacy notice text).
 * _Feature_: Registered users can opt into allowing logged-out comments with the
   same mail address to user their profile pictures.
 * _Feature_: The plugin is now compatible with bbPress.
 * _Feature_: The position of the `use_gravatar` checkbox can be adjusted via the
   new filter hook `avatar_privacy_use_gravatar_position`.
 * _Change_: Trashed comments and comments marked as spam do not trigger a validation
   request to Gravatar.com if the admin has set the default gravatar use policy 
   to “enabled” via the filter hook `avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default`.

#### 1.0.7 (2018-06-06)

 * _Bugfix_: The `use_gravatar` is actually checked when the cookie has been set.
 * _Bugfix_: A (harmless) PHP warning has been fixed.

#### 1.0.6 (2018-05-29)

 * _Bugfix_: Only valid response codes from Gravatar.com are cached (200 and 404).
 * _Bugfix_: Plugin transients are cleared on plugin upgrades.
 * _Bugfix_: The workaround for [trac ticket #42663](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42663)
   introduced in 1.0.5 is expanded to all uses of `wp_get_image_editor()`.

#### 1.0.5 (2018-05-22)

 * _Bugfix_: Prefer GD-based implementations of `WP_Image_Editor` to work around
   [trac ticket #42663](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42663).
 * _Bugfix_: The `rel` and `target` attributes are allowed in `use_gravatar` checkbox
   labels and by the default, the `noopener` and `nofollow` values for the `rel`
   attribute are added to the Gravatar.com link.
 * _Bugfix_: Invalid 0-byte image files are not saved anymore.

#### 1.0.4 (2018-05-20)

 * _Bugfix_: When the plugin is uninstalled, the default avatar image is really 
   reset to `mystery` if necessary.
 * _Bugfix_: The `use_gravatar` checkbox is compatible with more themes now.

#### 1.0.3 (2018-05-17)

 * _Bugfix_: The plugin no longer fails with a fatal error on PHP 5.6.

#### 1.0.2 (2018-05-16)

 * _Bugfix_: PNG avatars were not created correctly when EWWW Image Optimizer was
   enabled.

#### 1.0.1 (2018-05-14)

 * _Bugfix_: Non-multisite installations triggered an SQL error in some situations.

#### 1.0 (2018-05-13)

 * _Feature_: All default avatars are generated on your server.
 * _Feature_: Gravatar.com avatars are cached locally. (The cache is cleaned regularly
   via a cron job to prevent unlimited growth.)
 * _Feature_: Registered users can upload their own avatar images to your server.
 * _Change_: Refactored according to modern development principles.
 * _Change_: Removed settings in favor of sensible default values and filter hooks:
    - Gravatar.com usage is opt-in and gravatars are only displayed if the exist.
    - The default behavior for legacy comments can be customized via the `avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default`
      filter hook.
 * _Change_: All static default icons are now SVG images.

## Meta

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 *  Last updated **3 jare gelede**
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