Title: Alt-Tags-for-Gravatar
Author: knofte
Published: <strong>January 15, 2024</strong>
Last modified: May 18, 2024

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Alt-Tags-for-Gravatar

 By [knofte](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knofte/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/alt-tags-for-gravatar.1.4.9.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alt-tags-for-gravatar/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alt-tags-for-gravatar/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alt-tags-for-gravatar/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alt-tags-for-gravatar/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alt-tags-for-gravatar/)

## Description

Gravatar Alt Tags is a WordPress plugin designed to improve accessibility and SEO
on your website. It automatically adds descriptive alt tags to Gravatar images based
on the user’s display name. This feature aids screen readers and search engines 
by providing meaningful descriptions for Gravatar images.

## Installation

 1. Download the plugin from the WordPress Plugin Repository.
 2. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/gravatar-alt-tags` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.

## FAQ

### Does this plugin require any configuration?

No, it works out of the box. Once activated, it automatically starts adding alt 
tags to Gravatar images.

### Is this plugin compatible with all WordPress themes?

This plugin should be compatible with most themes, but themes that heavily customize
Gravatar functions might not fully support this feature.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Alt-Tags-for-Gravatar” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ knofte ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knofte/)

[Translate “Alt-Tags-for-Gravatar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/alt-tags-for-gravatar)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alt-tags-for-gravatar/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/alt-tags-for-gravatar/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/alt-tags-for-gravatar/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/alt-tags-for-gravatar/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.4.8

 * Added comments to the code for future devs.

#### 1.4.6

 * Updated information.

#### 1.4.3

 * updated header and cleaned a bit.

#### 1.4.2

 * Fixed typos and missing php tag

#### 1.4.0

 * added ABSPATH || exit
 * upgraded to GPLv3 license
 * changed to more unique function names

#### 1.2

 * Improved handling for both post authors and commenters’ Gravatar images.
 * Specific enhancements for managing Gravatars in comments, including support for
   registered and unregistered users.

#### 1.1

 * Initial setup

## Meta

 *  Version **1.4.9**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.5.8**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [alt](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/alt/)[gravatar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gravatar/)
   [img](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/img/)[tag](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tag/)
   [tags](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tags/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alt-tags-for-gravatar/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ knofte ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knofte/)

## Support

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