My Avatar Isn’t Working
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Hi everyone. I have tried to upload an avatar, and I do, except I can’t get it to show up anywhere. It says that it should start popping up around wordpress.com soon, except it only shows a blank person on the homepage screen. Can anyone help me?
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If your avatar is not exactly the correct size this can be a problem (128 x 128 pixels).
If your avatar contains any transparency this can be a problem.
If your avatar is not a jpg, png, or gif image this can be a problem.
If you are trying to hotlink to an avatar off the net this can be a problem. -
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Then the bad news is that what you will have to do is wait until tomorrow and send a support ticket in for staff help http://wordpress.com/contact-support/
The good news is that avatars are not essential to blogging.As you are new you will probably find useful information in the Beginner’s Guide https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=11280
And once you think your avatar is functioning you can test it in this thread https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=8515
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Not strange, actually. They show in the forums first. Then, after several hours they propagate across comments and blog posts (if yours displays an avatar).
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That actually shouldn’t be the case…they should show up everywhere at the same time. If the delay is a common trend, that is something we should look into fixing.
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They absolutely never show up all at the same time as far as I’m aware. I’ve been fielding this same question for months. They ARE showing up a lot faster in the forums lately.
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I changed my avatar last night by uploading a new photo to my profile. A few hours later, it appeared on the profile but it has yet to show up on my blog, and it’s been 11 hours. Is there something else that I need to do? Please advise.
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Further, the photo showing with this post is my old avatar also, so the only place I am seeing the replacement is on my profile. Perhaps I haven’t loaded the photo the correct way?
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This is crazy. These last two posts showed my old avatar and when I loaded the last post, it changed to the new photo. Perhaps it just took 11 hours? Well, I just checked my blog and that is still showing my old photo, so my question stands….how to get my new photo up on my blog?
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If you scroll up, you’ll see that the blog is the last place avatars typically show up, and they do take several hours. If it’s not up by the afternoon give Support a note.
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@ Barry
This is the order in which avatars having been showing up since, well, for as long as I can remember:
(1) simultaneously on the forum and the tag pages
(2) hours later on comments when signed in -
it should really say 128×128 on the profile upload page. [ok ok this is also a test to see if it appears…] ;) (which of course it does. *sigh*)
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Test your avatars here please https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=8515
P.S. @peninah
I’m glad to see that yours is displaying here in the forum. Please be patient while waiting for it to appear on the comments you make on wordpress.com blogs (including your own), provided you are signed in when you make them. -
I find .PNG files work best for Avatars.
Make sure after uploading any new Avatar that you click on the “UPDATE PROFILE” button in “Your Profile” area to force your new Avatar to load across all servers. It isn’t enough, in my experience, to just upload a new Avatar. Finish everything with a click on “UPDATE PROFILE” and you should be set.
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