Redirect Gravatar requests
When displaying a post or comment with avatars enabled, WordPress will always check for the existence of a Gravatar. (Note: even the default avatars ‘mystery person’ and ‘blank’ are in fact Gravatars served from gravatar.com.) WordPress does this by sending an MD5 hash of every displayed post or comment author’s email address to gravatar.com. Even with many plugins that introduce locally stored default or user avatars, this check still happens. On top of that, some themes or plugins force (Gr)avatars to load even if the display of avatars is disabled completely in WordPress’ settings. If for whatever reason you do not wish for Gravatar to receive these requests (which some people have voiced GDPR concerns about), this plugin is for you. The way it works is every time WordPress attempts to display an avatar, this plugin first checks if the image is about to be retrieved from gravatar.com. If it is, the URL is changed to the locally stored ‘mystery person’ image (included with this plugin). If the avatar has any other source, this plugin doesn’t interfere. Gravatars are also removed from the Discussion page in Settings and replaced with the locally stored ‘mystery person’ image. Again, any non-Gravatar images are left alone. Upon activation of this plugin, if a Gravatar is selected as the default avatar, that setting is changed to the locally stored ‘mystery person’ image. If any non-Gravatar avatar is selected, that setting isn’t changed. Upon deactivation of this plugin, if the locally stored ‘mystery person’ image is selected as the default avatar, that setting is changed to the Gravatar logo. If any non-Gravatar avatar is selected, that setting isn’t changed.
Virtual MIA Avatar
Adds the Virtual Mia embed script and the necessary functions for user management on your WordPress site. Virtual Mia is an AI-powered virtual assistant that can interact with your website visitors. External Services This plugin connects to Virtual Mia’s embedding service to display the virtual avatar functionality. Service Used: Virtual Mia Embed API Endpoint: https://front.virtualmia.it/api/embed What data is sent: * Current WordPress user ID (if logged in) or ‘wp_guest’ (if not logged in) * Current page URL of your website * Customer ID (CID) stored in browser localStorage When data is sent: * When any page of your website loads (the embed script is automatically loaded) * When users interact with the virtual avatar * When users navigate between pages on your site Service Provider: Virtual Mia by Enigma Tech SRL * Website: https://virtualmia.it/ * Terms of Service: https://virtualmia.it/policy/ * Privacy Policy: https://virtualmia.it/policy/ This external service is essential for the plugin to function as it provides the virtual avatar interface and AI capabilities.
