Usually, you can see people using avatar image when they comment on blogs. Commonly used nowadays is Gravatar.

Gravatar stands for Global Recognizable Avatars, hosted at Gravatar.com (service run by Automattic, creators of WordPress and WordPress.com.

Gravatars in wordpress have built in support since version 2.5 using a template tag to display avatar.

Lately I’ve been thinking to put in our site theme an author’s gravatar, to display your gravatar in your single posts put this code to where you want your gravatar appear.

<?php echo get_avatar(get_the_author_id(), 96 ); ?>

There you have it, easy isn’t?

To get your very own Gravatar register an e-mail with the Gravatar.com service. There, you connect an avatar with the e-mail address. The key is the e-mail address, that’s important to remember. If you comment on other blogs, your gravatar image will appear associated with the email address. Happy Blogging!