Default gravatars wordpress plugin
Wordpress 2.5 has a native support for comment avatars via the gravatar service. When a theme which supports avatar is used, for each comment a small image retrieved from the gravatar service is added to the comment whenever the commentor (based on his e-mail) has a configured image with the service. For commentors which do not have such an image a standard image was displayed.
This week the gravatar guys had announced that they have integrated the functionality of three wordpress plugins, which created a random avatar for commentors without an gravatar, into their service.
The aim of this plugin is to expose this new functionality. You can configure it to use one of three methods to generate random avatar - wavatars (kind of faces), monsters, and geometric shapes.
When using the monster algorithm the comment section might look like this
You can select which random avatar type to use in under the Settings >> Default gravatar type window
Requirements:
Wordpress 2.5
Installation:
Download this file, unzip it, and upload the defaultgravatars directory into the plugins directory of your blog. Now go to the plugin management panel, and activate it. Next go to the Settings >> Default gravatar type window and select the type of random avatar you wish to use.
License: BSD.