Your Free Profile For The Web

Transform your email address into your digital passport – one avatar, one bio, social connections, and verified links.

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Update Once, Sync Everywhere

When you update your avatar or profile, your changes appear instantly across thousands of platforms. Save time and maintain a consistent online presence effortlessly.

Your Profile, Your Way

Share your social media profiles, portfolio, website, and other relevant links easily. Your Gravatar profile works like a digital business card — simple, elegant, and uniquely you. Perfect for your link-in-bio.

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Manage Multiple Identities

Gravatar links your identity to an email address, not your name. Seamlessly manage your work, personal, and anonymous profiles.

Privacy First Design

You're in control. Make your profile private or choose what you share and when. With Gravatar, your data is yours and yours alone.

PROFILES-AS-A-SERVICE

For Developers

Customize user experiences and bootstrap your community with verified user profiles, including avatars, social links, and more. Integrating Gravatar is effortless with our REST API, SDKs, and easy-to-follow tutorials.

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const sha256 = require( 'js-sha256' );

function getGravatarURL( email ) {
  // Trim leading and trailing whitespace from
  // an email address and force all characters
  // to lower case
  const address = String( email ).trim().toLowerCase();

  // Create a SHA256 hash of the final string
  const hash = sha256( address );

  // Grab the actual image URL
  return `http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/${ hash }`;
}

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function get_gravatar_url( $email ) {
  // Trim leading and trailing whitespace from
  // an email address and force all characters
  // to lower case
  $address = strtolower( trim( $email ) );

  // Create an SHA256 hash of the final string
  $hash = hash( 'sha256', $address );

  // Grab the actual image URL
  return 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' . $hash;
}

You Asked, We Answered

Is Gravatar really free?

Yes, Gravatar profiles are completely free for individual users. We're committed to providing a valuable and open service for the web.

Can I use a custom domain?

Absolutely! You can personalize your Gravatar profile with your own domain. You can register a domain on our sister service, WordPress.com, and map it to your Gravatar profile.

How does Gravatar compare with other link-in-bio services?

Gravatar is an open alternative to profile page services like LinkTree. Integrated across millions of websites, Gravatar avatars and profiles ensure a consistent presence online. You have full control with no data lock-in and can use your own custom domain. Update your profile once, and it updates everywhere.

Can I have multiple Gravatars?

Yes! You can create different Gravatars and profiles for various aspects of your life — work, personal, hobbies, or anonymous profiles. Just create additional accounts using a different email address.

Who owns Gravatar?

Gravatar is a service by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, Day One, Beeper, WooCommerce, and other popular web services. We are passionate about open-source and making the web a more accessible place.

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