Avatar Privacy is a Wordpress plugin:
It is released under GPLv2 so there is no reason why it can’t be copied into ClassicPress core. It solves two privacy issues (1.) enables opt-in for using Gravatars when commenting and (2.) it caches the Gravatar images locally preventing visitor information from being shared with Automattic, with default images also stored and served locally.
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Author: Aractus
Vote count: 6
Status: open
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This definitely needs to happen. Both for user privacy, and because the WP plugin now requires version 5.2+ (I’m on a stale version).
I don’t think it has the required functionality:
Admin setting allows only use of local avatars; prevents use of Gravatars; if user doesn’t upload their own avatar, a local default is used instead.
There’s no mention of proxying Gravatars being an option.
We will not be incorporating any additional features related to Gravatars. For privacy, there’s a PR that disables Gravatars by default.
There’s also the possibility of moving Gravatars to a core plugin:
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