Who is Local Gravatars for?

Local Gravatars is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.

Does Local Gravatars have a free plan?

Yes — Local Gravatars is free to use.

What platforms does Local Gravatars run on?

Local Gravatars runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Local Gravatars still active?

Unverified. Local Gravatars has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to Local Gravatars?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Avatarly, Custom Profile Avatar, and Mirror Gravatar.

Who makes Local Gravatars?

Local Gravatars is developed by Joost de Valk.

How long has Local Gravatars been around?

Local Gravatars first shipped in 2020.

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Local Gravatars

Name: Local Gravatars
Author: Joost de Valk

wordpress.orgSecurity & compliance platforms

Local Gravatars is a WordPress plugin that downloads Gravatar images to the site and serves them locally instead of requesting them from the Gravatar CDN. It improves visitor privacy and performance while providing filters for storage, URLs, cleanup frequency, and download limits.

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Overview

6 features

Local Gravatars is a Security & compliance platforms project. Serving user avatars without exposing visitors to Gravatar CDN requests or adding external privacy concerns. It is built as a B2B product for wordPress site owners. Local Gravatars costs nothing to use. It ships for the web, and it can be self-hosted.

Joost de Valk builds and maintains Local Gravatars, and it first shipped in 2020. Key capabilities include Local Gravatar hosting, privacy protection, and weekly file cleanup. The interface is available in English, Spanish, and Kyrgyz.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Local Gravatar hosting
Privacy protection
Weekly file cleanup
Configurable download timeout
Customizable storage folder
WordPress filters

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserSelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierMulti-language

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed7 Aug · 04:47 UTC
Local Gravatars verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Local Gravatars

What is Local Gravatars?: Serving user avatars without exposing visitors to Gravatar CDN requests or adding external privacy concerns. It is catalogued under Security & compliance platforms on PulseGate.
Who is Local Gravatars for?: Local Gravatars is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.
Does Local Gravatars have a free plan?: Yes — Local Gravatars is free to use.
What platforms does Local Gravatars run on?: Local Gravatars runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Local Gravatars still active?: Unverified. Local Gravatars has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Local Gravatars?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Avatarly, Custom Profile Avatar, and Mirror Gravatar.Avatarly Custom Profile Avatar Mirror Gravatar
Who makes Local Gravatars?: Local Gravatars is developed by Joost de Valk.
How long has Local Gravatars been around?: Local Gravatars first shipped in 2020.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Spanish, Kyrgyz
First seen: 7 Aug 2026
Built for: WordPress site owners
Model: B2B
Solves: Serving user avatars without exposing visitors to Gravatar CDN requests or adding external privacy concerns.

Registered as

WordPress.org: local-gravatars

Developer

Joost de Valk

Index record

Identity confidence: High · 95.6
Indexed: 7 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 7 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: local-gravatars-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 9 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 7 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 7 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/local-gravatars

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