John Godley

A widget that shows a section of comment text along with the author name.
<ul>
<li>Show extended comment information</li>
<li>Configure the number of comments used</li>
<li>Exclude certain authors from the list (such as yourself)</li>
</ul>

Extended Comments Widget

A widget that shows a section of comment text along with the author name.

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Lightweight plugin that overrides the default widget “recent comments” in WordPress, adding an avatar display visitors comments and quotes length of 50 characters.
Is a direct descendant of WP_Widget_Recent_Comments.
Example markup that is generated by the plugin(for theming):
<pre><code><ul id="recentcomments">
 <li class="recentcomments">
 <div class="alignleft">
 <img width="32" height="32" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" src="http://0.gravatar.com/...%3D32&amp;r=G" alt="">
 </div>
 UserName: excerpt comment <a href="http://example.com/page/#comment-ID">»</a>
 </li>
 <li class="recentcomments">
 ...
 </li>
</ul>
</code></pre>

WP Recent Comments With Avatars

Adds avatars and announcements comments. Compact code.

Extended Comments Widget vs WP Recent Comments With Avatars