[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4278: Alter approach to social profile retrieval on profile templates

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#4278: Alter approach to social profile retrieval on profile templates
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task            |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:
Component:  Profiles        |   Keywords:  seo
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 The sidebar on profile templates contains a 'Find me on' section, which
 includes social profile links sourced from the users' Gravatar profile.
 These icons are fetched and output via a JavaScript function / ajax
 process.

 Other (pending) enhancements require that we have access to this data
 earlier in the page, and, server-side. This necessitates a shift to a
 server-side process for fetching these icons.

 Specifically:
 - The JavaScript function(s) used to retrieve the Gravatar social profiles
 should be removed.
 - A new server-side process should be introduced, using either
 https://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/profiles/php/ or
 https://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/profiles/json/.
 - Values should be cached for an appropriate period of time, and ideally,
 flushed on profile update.

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