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kevindierkx/gravatar-helper
===========================

Helper package for creating Gravatar url's and image tags.

2.0.4(9y ago)02712MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 31Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Gravatar Helper
---------------

[](#gravatar-helper)

Helper package for creating Gravatar url's and image tags.

### Installation

[](#installation)

To install this package you will need:

- Laravel 5+
- PHP 5.4

You must then modify your composer.json file and run composer update to include the latest version of the package in your project.

```
"require": {
    "kevindierkx/gravatar-helper": "2.0.*"
}
```

Or you can run the composer require command from your terminal.

```
composer require kevindierkx/gravatar-helper:2.0.*
```

Once the package is installed you need to open `app/config/app.php` and register the required service provider.

```
'providers' => [
    Kevindierkx\GravatarHelper\Providers\LaravelServiceProvider::class,
]
```

Optionaly you can add the following line to your aliases.

```
'aliases' => [
    'Gravatar' => Kevindierkx\GravatarHelper\Providers\Facades\Gravatar::class,
]
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Run the following command to publish the package configuration.

```
php artisan vendor:publish
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

To parse an image tag.

```
Gravatar::image('email@example.com');

//
```

Or to parse an url.

```
Gravatar::url('email@example.com');

// https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5658ffccee7f0ebfda2b226238b1eb6e?s=80&r=g&d=404
```

### Credits

[](#credits)

- [Kevin Dierkx](https://github.com/kevindierkx)

### License

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/kevindierkx/gravatar-helper/blob/master/LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.9% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~132 days

Recently: every ~56 days

Total

7

Last Release

3355d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02016-07-24

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c4f2cd208e2c309688a654a8be8985cd4a3c586164f8e16eeab9f5af0ee34a90?d=identicon)[kevindierkx](/maintainers/kevindierkx)

---

Top Contributors

[![kevindierkx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2406615?v=4)](https://github.com/kevindierkx "kevindierkx (13 commits)")[![subdesign](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/691695?v=4)](https://github.com/subdesign "subdesign (1 commits)")

---

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