Barn2 Plugins

Andy Keith

Kestrel

Amir Arabnezhad

<p>The default Recent Comments widget is somewhat limited. Better Recent Comments improves on this by providing a more flexible widget with options to show the user’s actual comment, as well as show avatars and the ability to show or hide the comment date.</p>
<p>As well as the widget, there’s a handy shortcode you can use to display your recent comments. This is useful if you need to display comments somewhere other than your sidebar or footer, such as on your homepage. Simply add the shortcode <code>[better_recent_comments]</code>.</p>
<p>That’s not all! The plugin is also WPML compatible, which means that the comments will be restricted to those in the current language. The default WordPress widget will list all recent comments, regardless of language, so you might end up with comments for German-language posts in the sidebar of your English site. Better Recent Comments solves this and makes sure the comments are for the current language only.</p>
<p>Translations currently provided in Spanish, French and Italian.</p>
<p>View the full <a href="https://barn2.com/kb-categories/better-recent-comments-kb/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin documentation</a> in our Knowledge Base.</p>
<p>Options available with the shortcode:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>format</code> – the format of each recent comment. This option uses ‘placeholders’ which are substituted with the actual data when the comments are displayed. See the FAQs for details.</li>
<li><code>number</code> – the number of comments to display. Default: 5 comments</li>
<li><code>date_format</code> – the date and time format to use. Like WordPress, this uses a PHP date format. It defaults to ‘M j, H:i’. See <a href="https://barn2.com/PHP-Date-Format.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">this cheat sheet</a> for a full list of date and time options.</li>
<li><code>avatar_size</code> – the size of the avatar in pixels. Only used if you have included {avatar} in your comment format (see ‘format’ option). Default: 50</li>
<li><code>post_status</code> – the status of posts to retrieve comments for. Defaults to ‘publish’. Can be a single status or a comma-separated list, or ‘any’ to show comments for all post statuses.</li>
<li><code>post_type</code> – the post type to retrieve comments for. Accepts a single or multiple post types (e.g. ‘post’ or ‘post, dlp_document’) or ‘any’ to show comments for all post types. Default: ‘any’</li>
<li><code>excerpts</code> – set to ‘true’ to show an excerpt of the comment (limited to 20 words), or ‘false’ to show the full comment. Default: true</li>
<li><code>replies</code> – set to ‘true’ to also show responses to comments, or ‘false’ to only see the top level comments. Default: true</li>
</ul>


Better Recent Comments

Great plugin, works flawlessly, and very easy to use. The comments now appear nicely on my site. My only wish is to be able to hide site owner / admin's comments. Thanks!

Excellent

I used the default Recent Comments plugin and was dismayed by how ugly and uninformative it was. It doesn't show the comments!

Better Recent Comments shows a nice avatar AND the actual comment.  Perfect.

Very happy with it

Although there are many ways to put a 'recent column' widget in your sidebar, this is the best. Easy to customize (read the docs for shortcode parameters), and insert a block that contains the shortcode with all of your desired options. Add a '<h3 class=widget-title>Recent Comments</h3>' just above the shortcode to put a heading.

Great stuff !

Great - Better than Writing Your Own

Provides an improved Recent Comments widget and a shortcode to display your recent comments on any post or page.

wpWax

<p><a href="https://directorist.com/documentation/directorist/directorist-wpml-translation-guide/directory-type-translation/" rel="nofollow ugc">DOC</a> | <a href="https://directorist.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact</a> | <a href="https://directorist.com/extensions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Other Extensions</a></p>
<p>Want to make your directory multi-lingual and gain multinational exposure? Using Directorist WPML Integration you can build multilingual directory sites more conveniently by switching your directory website from one language to another. The plugin connects Directorist and WPML together and makes a room for you to bring users from different parts of the World with different languages without even writing a single line of code.</p>
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👉 Official Facebook Page : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/directorist" rel="nofollow ugc">Like and Follow on Facebook</a><br />
👉 Official Twitter handle : <a href="https://twitter.com/wpdirectorist" rel="nofollow ugc">Follow on Twitter</a><br />
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<p>WPML provides you with an easy-to-use interface for professional content translation. This makes the whole process of translation more convenient and affordable. Allowing you to create listings in many different languages to captivate international users and improve site traffic.</p>
<h3>REQUIREMENTS</h3>
<p>The following plugins must be installed in order to translate.</p>
<ol>
<li>WPML Multilingual CMS – (Paid)</li>
<li>Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings (Free)</li>
<li>Directorist – WPML Integration plugin (Free)</li>
</ol>
<h3>Recommended (Not Required):</h3>
<ol>
<li>WPML Translation Management</li>
<li>WPML Media</li>
<li>WPML String Translation</li>
</ol>
<h3>FEATURES AT A GLANCE</h3>
<ul>
<li>Create or translate directory listings to multiple languages</li>
<li>Translate directory taxonomies; categories and locations into multiple languages</li>
<li>Make your all listings/archive page multi-lingual</li>
<li>Make Directorist dashboard multi-lingual</li>
<li>Create directory type translation in one click.</li>
<li>Translate strings in the settings panel.</li>
<li>Make email templates multi-lingual.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contribute to Directorist – WPML Integration</h3>
<p>If you want to contribute to the project, you’re most welcome to make it happen. The full source code is available on <a href="https://github.com/sovware/directorist-wpml-integration" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>. If you find anything improbable, feel free to shoot a bug report.</p>
<h3>Changelogs</h3>
<p>2.2.1 – Feb 05, 2026</p>
<ul>
<li>Added: Built‑in synchronization of Directorist category <code>_directory_type</code> meta across WPML languages, based on WPML’s recommended workaround (no extra code snippet needed).</li>
<li>Added: WPML config to copy the <code>_default</code> directory type flag across translations, ensuring a proper default directory type per language.</li>
<li>Improved: Overall WPML compatibility for directory types, categories, search form fields, and settings strings on WordPress 6.8 and the latest WPML versions.</li>
<li>Fixed: New translatable data is available for translation and displays correctly on the front‑end.</li>
<li>Fixed: Data saved in posts remains translatable and displays correctly on the front‑end.</li>
<li>Fixed: Data saved in taxonomies remains translatable and displays correctly on the front‑end.</li>
<li>Fixed: Front‑end strings are translatable with WPML String Translation and display correctly.</li>
<li>Fixed: Email sending process so content is translated and sent in the user’s preferred language.</li>
</ul>
<p>2.1.4 – Jun 09, 2025</p>
<ul>
<li>Added:  Directorist as a required dependency</li>
<li>Added: Translation support for Claim Listing Settings</li>
</ul>
<p>2.0.0 – Nov 17, 2024</p>
<ul>
<li>Added: Directorist compatibility</li>
</ul>


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