[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62467: Add Gravatar as oembed provider

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#62467: Add Gravatar as oembed provider
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 Reporter:  burtrw       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Embeds       |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 Gravatar recently began supporting oembeds to show a profile card. You can
 preview the card by appending .card to the end of any profile. For
 example: https://gravatar.com/matt.card

 Is the service popular enough for core developers to have heard of it
 before? Is it “mainstream?”

 Yes. 75+ million users and growing.


 Does this service have an established social media presence?

 Yes, via the parent Automattic brand.


 Is its oEmbed endpoint clearly established and properly documented?
 (Sometimes, they are just a developer’s pet project that may not be
 supported.)

 https://docs.gravatar.com/api/profiles/embedding-profile-card/


 Does the oEmbed endpoint work with WordPress’ oEmbed auto-discovery? If
 not, could it be made to work with additional HTML tags or attributes
 being added to the allow-list?

 Yes.
 Does the service make an effort to build relationships with developers,
 such as through robust APIs?

 Yes: https://docs.gravatar.com/api/profiles/rest-api/

 How old is the service?
 ~20 years.

 Does it have a well-established Wikipedia article? (Seriously.)
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravatar


 Has anyone written a WordPress plugin that leverages the service in some
 way, whether adding it as an oEmbed provider, creating a shortcode, or
 leveraging other APIs of the service? Do these plugins have any noticeable
 adoption or traction that would indicate usage and demand?

 The Gravatar Enhanced plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/gravatar-
 enhanced/) supports oembed in WordPress.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62467>
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