A Gravatar is your profile on the web, and the Hovercard is one way your information is made visible to others. It’s an easy way to help people find your blog, or access your identity on other services like X(Twitter), Facebook, or Linkedin.
Hovercards appear when you place your mouse over any Gravatar. They display your name, avatar image, an excerpt of your description, and links to your social accounts and Gravatar profile page.
Turn Hovercards on or off
Gravatar Hovercards are disabled by default. You can turn them on or off with these steps:
- Go to Jetpack -> Settings -> Discussion in your WP Admin.
- Scroll down to the Comments section.
- You’ll see a toggle next to “Enable pop-up business cards over commenters’ Gravatars.”
Privacy Information
Gravatar Hovercards are deactivated by default. They can be activated at any time by toggling the Enable pop-up business cards over commenters’ Gravatars setting in the Comments section from Jetpack — Settings — Discussion in your dashboard.
| Data Used | |
|---|---|
| Site Owners / UsersThis feature will send a hash of the user’s email address (if logged in to the site or WordPress.com — or if they submitted a comment on the site using their email address that is attached to a Gravatar profile) to the Gravatar service in order to retrieve their profile image.
Additionally, for activity tracking (detailed below): IP address, WordPress.com user ID, WordPress.com username, WordPress.com-connected site ID and URL, Jetpack version, user agent, visiting URL, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, country code. | Site VisitorsThis feature will send a hash of the user’s email address (if logged in to the site or WordPress.com — or if they submitted a comment on the site using their email address that is attached to a Gravatar profile) to the Gravatar service in order to retrieve their profile image. |
| Activity Tracked | |
| Site Owners / UsersWe track when, and by which user, the feature is activated and deactivated. | Site VisitorsNone. |
| Data Synced (Read More) | |
| Site Owners / UsersWe sync a single option that identifies whether or not the feature is activated. | Site VisitorsNone. |
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