It took me a long time to realize the advantages of Gravatar. Here is a really good description and tutorial on a must have tool for any blogger!
As a new blogger I get very excited when people like my posts, however, I’ve noticed one mistake a lot of people seem to make. Even by some bloggers much more experienced than myself.
They don’t have a full Gravatar profile.
Let’s start at the beginning.
You write a post on your blog and publish it and lo and behold, someone likes it. If you’re like me, you want to know who that person is.
Now if you’re on the app and get a notification, brilliant. You can click on the name of the person who liked it and go straight to their profile. But if you’re on your website you might decide to click on their avatar (The little box next to the ‘like’ button.)
This will take you to Gravatar.
So what is Gravatar?
Gravatar is a globally recognised avatar. If you are a WordPresser you automatically get…
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Being Lydia! 
Thanks. I’ve not been able to get mine to work properly. I’ll get my daughter on to it 🙂
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Thanks Lydia for this article. Because of it, I went and updated my Gravatar.
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You are welcome, Bernadette. I thought it was definitely worth sharing.
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Still trying to figure out how to create my gravatar…
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Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB8YpYkmwV4
Hope it helps!
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After many attempts, I got it. Wanted a Gravatar for my fantasy football league. The directions from Gravatar were not detailed. But I thank you! I’m just beginning my wordpress blog. Thank you for being my first contact!
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