Are Gravatar generators broken?

philriand · Member · Nov 6, 2015 at 7:36 pm
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Looks like all the URL now return the same avatar, regardless of the hash:
http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/69F063F10869F82E47654DD54734D960?d=retro
http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/85261FEF58D11B76ED2ABDCC4D965798?d=retro
http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ABC?d=retro
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timethief · Member · Nov 6, 2015 at 7:39 pm
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As I am not clear on why you are reporting this I tagged this thread for a Staff response.
philriand · Member · Nov 6, 2015 at 7:42 pm
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This where Gravatar web site redirected me.
timethief · Member · Nov 6, 2015 at 7:48 pm
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What you refer to above is a default identicon.
This is a gravatar image https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9aeba69d2d5a7346f292ca5a71246ecb?s=48&d=identicon&r=g

Please be patient while waiting for Staff help.
staff-doublebassd · Staff · Nov 6, 2015 at 9:51 pm
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Hi there,

As @Timethief mentioned, the avatar in the links you provided are identicons. Until you upload your own Gravatar, your default one will be an identicon. Also, all users who comment on your blog who does not have a custom Gravatar will have the same default identicon.

For more information on avatars, please visit our support page:

https://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/gravatars/

Please let me know if you have any questions or issues.

Thanks!
philriand · Member · Nov 6, 2015 at 11:14 pm
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Actually, just to get the response complete, I found the issue. The gravatar MD5 string must not contain upper cap letter but only lower cap. Else, it returns an identicons and not one generated from the hash.
a1b34e is ok
A1B34E is not
staff-doublebassd · Staff · Nov 6, 2015 at 11:17 pm
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Nice! Glad you were able to figure it out.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks!

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