Gravatar is a service for providing globally unique avatars and was created by Tom Preston-Werner. Since 2007, it has been owned by Automattic, having integrated it into their WordPress.com blogging platform.

What is the purpose of Gravatar?

Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. This web service lets users upload an online avatar and will associate the avatar with their email address.

What are Gravatar images?

“Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site?”