sindark

The plugin can be downloaded here:

https://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/angsumans-authenticated-wordpress-plugin-password-protection-for-your-wordpress-blog/

I am also looking for an answer on AskMetafilter:

https://ask.metafilter.com/109416/WordPress-27-and-Angsumans-Authenticated-WordPress-Plugin

Your WordPress.com icon is a Gravatar you picked yourself.

Identicons are generated automatically.

Originally, both Gravatars and Identicons were plugins for WordPress. They are both built into the latest versions.

Using Gravatars
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Gravatars

See also:

WordPress Gravatar Plugin
https://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/wordpress

A good rule of thumb is probably to assume that you will earn far less per hour of work creating content for AdSense than you would working for minimum wage.

That being said, if you would be creating the content anyhow, it can be a nice bonus.

The resolution is here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/200203?replies=9#post-840854

It seems that the plugin and WordPress 2.6.1 will work together. You just need to do the following:

1) Install the plugin
2) Set the discussion options in WordPress to: ‘Show Avatars’ and ‘Gravatar’ as ‘Default Avatar’
3) Set the plugin to ‘My Theme Has Builtin WP2.5+ Avatars’ and ‘If a commenter has a gravatar use it, otherwise use Identicon’

It may be necessary to manually add avatar code to your WordPress theme. I added it when I first installed the plugin and haven’t changed it since.

For some reason, they don’t always render the first time a page is loaded (maybe because of the processing you mentioned). That may have thrown me off when I was testing configurations earlier.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Otto42,

I am trying to make the plugin and 2.6.1 work properly together.

If I set Settings >> Discussion to ‘Don’t show Avatars’ then my comment sections don’t include any avatar images at all, even though I manually added the avatar code to my theme.

If I set it to ‘Show Avatars’ what setting should I use at the bottom for ‘Default Avatar?’

I have the plugin set to ‘My Theme Has Builtin WP2.5+ Avatars’ and ‘If a commenter has a gravatar use it, otherwise use Identicon’

Do you know how the WP_Identicon plugin worked?

I am looking at the PHP code myself, but I am not a programmer and have not been able to spot anything that looks like it could be spliced into WordPress.

The plugin is available here:

https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/wp-identicon.zip

The WP_Identicon plugin written by Scott Sherrill-Mix created Identicons using IP addresses, but did not prevent users who had set up Gravatars from using those.

Right now, visitors to my site who have Gravatars have those shown beside their comments. Those who do not have Identicons created from email addresses. It seems like it should be possible to change the basis of Identicon creation without changing how Gravatars are treated.

On the issue of IP addresses changing frequently, I recognize that this is true. The major reason I want to be able to create Identicons from IP addresses is to show when someone is posting under several names while using the same computer. To me, that is more important than letting people get the same Identicon no matter where they are commenting from.

Lots of my commenters make up fake email addresses each time, anyhow. IP addresses would be more consistent than a person using ‘[email protected]’ one day and ‘[email protected]’ on another.

myeaamelia,

I don’t think you really can. If you want to add AdSense to your page, you will probably need to pay to have it hosted somewhere.

Even with traffic of a few hundred visitors a day, unobtrusive AdSense ads can generate enough revenue to pay the cost of hosting. It probably won’t compensate you for your time, but it is nicer than having to spend $100 or so a year out of pocket.

I have a couple of small AdSense elements inserted in my site (www.sindark.com) and I don’t think they bother readers much. That being said, other people clearly feel differently about the value of a small flow of income for very little effort and minimal changes to your page.

Milan

Having realized that the problem is the data used to generate Identicons, I put up a forum post that poses my question better:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/191966

Consider this thread discontinued.

It seems like maybe the built in Identicons in 2.6 are based on the email address commenters enter, rather than their IP address.

Before, two comments posted from the same IP with different email addresses would have the same Identicon. Now, it seems that two comments with the same IP but different email addresses get different Identicons.

Is there any way to change it back?

I have stopped updating my private blog, since every new version of WordPress seems to break Angsuman’s Authenticated WordPress Plugin.