Title: Gravatar
Last modified: August 31, 2022

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# Gravatar

 *  Resolved [maxidavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxidavis/)
 * (@maxidavis)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravatar-29/)
 * Hi there,
    is it possible to block Gravatar right away or how does the plugin
   handle the gravatar connection? Max

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Jarno Vos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnovos/)
 * (@jarnovos)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravatar-29/#post-15966884)
 * Hi [@maxidavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxidavis/),
 * While the plugin doesn’t currently block Gravatar images by default, we wrote
   an article some time ago about the subject, where we recommended using the “Avatar
   Privacy” plugin to host Gravatar images locally and prevent the connection to
   Gravatar.com.
 * Please find the article attached here: [https://complianz.io/privacy-friendly-images-from-gravatar/](https://complianz.io/privacy-friendly-images-from-gravatar/)
 * Hope it helps!
    Kind regards, Karno
 *  Thread Starter [maxidavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxidavis/)
 * (@maxidavis)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravatar-29/#post-15967078)
 * Thanks [@jarnovos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnovos/) 🙂

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gravatar-29/#post-15967078)
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