Custom avatar, captcha, and thread interaction system. Custom avatars, comment history, gamification badges, voting, and advanced spam defense.
Alternatives to Meaty Avatars
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The official Gravatar plugin, featuring privacy-focused settings, easy profile updates, and customizable Gravatar Profile blocks.
JennyStudio Identiconsv1.3.3
Replace the default Gravatar avatars on WordPress, BuddyPress, and bbPress with Material Design-style Identicons avatars.
Better Commentsv3.0.0
Make your WordPress comments feel native to your design.
BP Private Avatars allows users to hide the avatar to only friend connections for additional privacy.
Mirror Gravatarv1.5
Locally mirror commenters' Gravatar or Mastodon profile images.
Provides compatibility between the Simple Local Avatars and the WP-Stateless plugins.
Allow users of your site to set custom profile pics from the local media library.
Rathly Profile Avatarsv1.0.0
Replace standard Gravatar with custom uploaded images for author avatars.