Advanced Comments Widget
A highly customizable recent comments widget with avatars and excerpts.
5(3 reviews)
·70 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, Advanced Comments Widget is a WordPress widget plugin with 70 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
5/53 reviews
70active installs
3.9K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
This recent comments widget provides advanced widget features for displaying comment author avatars and an excerpt of their comment.
Features
- Select which post types to show comments for. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.)
- Exclude pingbacks and trackbacks.
- Set the number of comments to show.
- Set the order for displaying the comments.
- Show comment author avatar.
- Set and preview avatar size.
- Show an excerpt of the comment.
- Determine the length of the excerpt.
- Select the comment list format to match your site’s markup. Choose from:
ol,ul, ordiv. - Select the comment format. Choose between
html5orxhtml. - Create multiple comment lists with different settings.
Developer Features
This widget was built not only with end-users in mind, but also plugin developers. Al…
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Ratings & Reviews
53 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.2
- compatibility fix for WP 4.5 when rendering ::widget() in the Customizer
Contributors
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