Featured Comment Widget
The Featured Comment Widget gives you the ability to shine a spotlight on some of your favorite comments on the site.
5(2 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Featured Comment Widget is a WordPress comment plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Comments – wpDiscuz.
5/52 reviews
30active installs
6.9K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
The Featured Comment Widget gives you the ability to shine a spotlight on some of your favorite comments on the site.
Installing this plugin adds the Featured Comment Widget to your list of available widgets in the ‘Widgets’ submenu (which you can find under ‘Appearance’ in your WordPress dashboard). Every comment has an numeric ID, and putting that ID in the widget form results in the that comment (or commentS if you enter multiple IDs), along with the name and Gravatar of its commenter, showing in the sidebar. The Gravatar and username is automatically a link to that comment in its respective post.
Widget CSS
The following are the classes and explanations of them for those of you who want to style your widget in the custom.css file:
- .featuredComment-comment …
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.3+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.7
- Fixes “WP_Widget deprecated” bug so that it now works if you update to WordPress 4.3+ (which you should).
Contributors
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