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After trying to figure this out since WordPress 2.5 was released, I finally consulted Google, something I should have done in the first place. Gravatars are now active in the comments of my posts. It’s a little gimmicky, but it helps to “put a face to the name.”

Gravatar support was added natively in WordPress 2.5, without the need for a plug-in, which is awesome. You’ll notice that many of my readers do not have Gravatars, as indicated by the silhouette placeholder image. This can easily be fixed.

If you go to Gravatar.com, you can register your email address(es) for Gravatar support. Upload an image, and 5-10 minutes later, your little Gravatar will be populated down to any Gravatar-enabled blog.

I’d like to note that Gravatar automatically lowercases your email address, so when you go to comment and you fill out the information fields, make sure the email address field is all lower-cased. This applies for commenting on this blog and any other Gravatar-enabled blog.

I can’t wait to “see” all of you in my comments!

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