Is Recent Comments Widget Plus free?

Yes, Recent Comments Widget Plus is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Recent Comments Widget Plus?

Recent Comments Widget Plus has 2.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Recent Comments Widget Plus alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Recent Comments Widget Plus include Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles…, Simple Local Avatars, One User Avatar | User Profile Picture. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Recent Comments Widget Plus work with the latest WordPress?

Recent Comments Widget Plus has been tested up to WordPress 6.1.10. It requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.2+.

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Recent Comments Widget Plus

Name: Recent Comments Widget Plus
Rating: 4.7 (20 reviews)
Author: Ga Satrya

Provides custom recent comments widget with extra features such as display avatar, comment excerpt and much more!

By Ga Satrya·Avatar·Free

4.7(20 reviews)

·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 years ago

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As of April 2026, Recent Comments Widget Plus is a WordPress avatar plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 20 reviews. It has been downloaded 49K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 18% this week. Top alternative: Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles….

4.7/520 reviews

2.0K+active installs

49K+total downloads

11 yearssince 2015

Overview

This plugin will enable a custom and advanced recent comments widget. Allows you to display a list of the most recent comments with avatar and excerpt, you can also choose which to show newer comments first or older comments first and choose comments from any post type.

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Features Include

Display avatar with customizable size.
Display comment excerpt with customizable length.
Exclude pingback & trackback
Post type option.
Offset option.
Option to choose the comments order.
Allows you to set title url.
Custom CSS class.
Multiple widgets.

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Does exactly what I need

by Jaroslav Sovietovič·3 years ago

Does exactly what I need. Simple but very good Widget plugin.

does exactly what is says

by fskilroy·5 years ago

Great plugin works pefectly good job.

easy and intiuitive to use; but not localized

by koblizekr·5 years ago

plugin se kterým jsem byl dosud velmi spokojen
“Get Recent Comments” přestal s novou aktualizací WP pracovat, tak jsem musel hledat jiný. Tento je také jednoduchý, intuitivní, ale pro ne-anglické weby je nešikovné, že do textu píše anglické slovo “ON” (opravil jsem – comments-widget-plus/includes/functions.php:71) ve zdroji, ale po aktualizaci zase určitě bude anglicky.

Works As Expected!

by JJNW·6 years ago

Great plugin, with a several options to help show recent comments on widget. Works well (no php notices, php errors, etc.).

Excellent Plugin

by nmm4829·6 years ago

this plugin is Excellent and has many useful options.

i hope an option be added to be able to exclude some people’s comments from widget.

thanks