On your profile you can now upload an image to be associated with your account, also known as an avatar.
We’re still rolling out the places these will show up, but for now you can see them in the comments section of this blog.
Why not upload an avatar and then leave a comment to show it off? Any ideas for how we can use avatars?
Update: You asked for it, you got it. There are now avatars in the latest posts, tag surfer, and my comments pages.
Update 2: There are now avatars in the forums.
Update 3: The Mac Daddy has written a great tutorial on the feature.
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too cool… way too cool.
WordPress is the King :).
I have been searching this feature. Thanks!
Awesome feature! 10x!
Okay, that was easy. You guys run a great site!
great!
I totally meant to post this comment here.
The lack of transparency is disturbing…
Sorry, no transparency and no animation. Gotta have some standards around here. 😉
I completely understand no animation, but no transparency??
I don’t get why that was decided upon, much less a “standard”.
Any plans to support the Oddcast avatars, perhaps a widget box into which the code can be pasted?
Checking!
OK. Now, how do I disable this?
Nice..
good things’
Wouldn’t it be nicer if you integrate this feature with gravatar and favatar plugins?
Just checking.
Yesterday I had a fleeting message about uploading an avatar, but couldn’t get to it at the moment. Now I can’t find any information about how to place my avatar. I’ve uploaded the picture, but there was so option to select it as an avatar.
Crikey! It actually works.
yay avatar XD
It shows here, great!
But how long does it take for this to propagate across previously entered comments? Thanks!
Testing if it’s been uploaded yet…
checking
hey there!
Hi. Just checking it out.
cool! Can you enter an avatar if you are not a wordpress.com member?
Cool!
Just nice.
Awesome!