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Advanced Comments Widget

A highly customizable recent comments widget with avatars and excerpts.

By darrinb·Widget·Free
5(3 reviews)
·70 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As 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, or div.
  • Select the comment format. Choose between html5 or xhtml.
  • 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

WordPress4.4+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.2

  • compatibility fix for WP 4.5 when rendering ::widget() in the Customizer
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

darrinbdarrinb
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.2
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2016
WP Requires
4.4+
Tested Up To
4.5.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
70
Downloads
3.9K+
Added
Mar 21, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

widgetcommentscomment-widgetrecent comments

Developer

D
darrinb
13 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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