Automattic

Alex Mills

Nick Momrik

<p>Creates functions to assist in displaying a list of the most recent comments. Provides more configurability than the widget that comes with WordPress.</p>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<p>You may pass parameters when calling the function to configure some of the options. Parameters are accepted only in the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/How_to_Pass_Tag_Parameters#Tags_with_query-string-style_parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">query-string-style</a>.</p>
<h4>list_most_recent_comments()</h4>
<p>In addition to the parameters that <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_comments" rel="nofollow ugc">get_comments()</a> and <code>get_most_recent_comments()</code> (see below) accept, this function accepts the following parameters:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>excerpt_words</code> — The number of words from the comment to display</li>
<li><code>excerpt_chars</code> — Or alternately the number of characters from the comment to display</li>
<li><code>comment_format</code> — Allows you to pick from two predefined display formats:</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li><a href="#commentlink" rel="nofollow ugc">Comment Author</a> on <a href="#postlink" rel="nofollow ugc">Post Title</a></li>
<li><strong>Comment Author:</strong> <a href="#commentlink" rel="nofollow ugc">This is the comment excerpt</a></li>
</ol>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code><?php list_most_recent_comments( 'excerpt_words=5' ); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>get_most_recent_comments()</h4>
<p>A more powerful version of <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_comments" rel="nofollow ugc">get_comments()</a>. It accepts the same parameters as well as the following ones:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>passworded_posts</code> — Boolean to control showing comments on passworded posts or not. Defaults to <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>showpings</code> — Boolean to control showing pings and trackbacks or not. Defaults to <code>false</code>.</li>
<li><code>post_types</code> — Array of post types to include comments from. Defaults to posts and pages: <code>array( 'post', 'page' )</code></li>
<li><code>post_statuses</code> — Array of post statuses to include comments from.  Defaults to published posts and static pages: <code>array( 'publish', 'static' )</code></li>
</ul>
<p>Arguments should likely be passed as an array instead of a string.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code><?php

list_most_recent_comments( array(
    'showpings' => true,
    'post_types' => array( 'post', 'page', 'foobar' ),
) );

?>
</code></pre>


Suplugins

Superb

<p>Show your visitors which recent posts you have published previously. The current default WordPress widget “Recent Posts” doesn’t support images, thumbnails, and more advanced customization. We have released our own version of it because of that. You can customize the design and optionally hide the widget on the homepage, blog page, posts, and pages. <br />
Most themes don’t support custom widget areas for each page, that’s why we have added that feature. The plugin is still quite new, so if you have any feature requests or awesome ideas then let us know – we’ll do our best to integrate them.</p>
<p>Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images works with all popular WordPress themes.<br />
We have tested it with the following WP themes: Neve, Hestia, Astra, Hello Elementor, OceanWP, Twenty Twenty-One, PopularFX, Kadence, Generatepress, Storefront, Zakra, and of course all our own WordPress themes. </p>
<p>We’ll constantly be developing the plugin and releasing new updates. </p>
<h3>Core Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Customize Widget Title</li>
<li>Customize Number of Posts to Display</li>
<li>Show or Hide thumbnails for Posts</li>
<li>Customize Alignment of Thumbnails</li>
<li>Customize Alignment of Text</li>
<li>Show or Hide Date for Posts</li>
<li>Include or Exclude the Current Post</li>
<li>Show or Hide the Widget on your Homepage</li>
<li>Show or Hide the Widget on your Blog Page</li>
<li>Show or Hide the Widget on your Pages & Posts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Lightweight and SEO Optimized == </h3>
<p>We know how in-demand lightweight and SEO optimized plugins are, because of that we always keep it in mind. Our recent posts widget is fully optimized for the search engines. To be more specific that means that the code is easily crawlable, lightweight, and doesn’t have any unnecessary markup. We are constantly working on improving the code quality.<br />
We have tested it successfully with Google Lighthouse, Webmaster tools, and Page Speed Insight to ensure there are no issues. </p>
<p>Having a responsive website means that it works on all devices such as tablets, iPhone, Android phones and desktop computers. Responsiveness matters, it has a huge impact on how you rank in search engines such as Google and Bing. Not all plugins that provide recent posts with images are responsive or SEO optimized. There isn’t much to optimize beside making them W3C valid, you can’t add schema or other types of microdata to make such a module SEO friendly.</p>
<p>Our WordPress plugin is fully responsive and works with AMP, CDN (such as Cloudflare) & SSL (HTTPS websites) as well We know how important it is for monetization in the digital world to have an SEO-friendly website – especially if you rely on AdSense, ads or affiliate programs to earn your money. When Google releases and SEO updates then we’ll read it and take action if any changes are needed to keep this plugin SEO optimised. The plugin is great for affiliates websites and Evergreen Content.</p>
<h3>Feature Rich & Constant Improvements == </h3>
<p>We’ll keep improving the plugin with new features whenever we get a good idea. Right now we’re working on adding excerpt, custom thumbnails, and a custom default thumb. You can of course choose which thumbnail image you want to show through the Featured Image on posts and pages – but we’d love if it was possible to add one directly through the widget as well. </p>
<p>We’re also looking into creating a recent posts slider / slideshow so you can show more recent posts at once without damaging the usability. You can use Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images on custom post types. It’s very flexible and comes with a bunch of advanced features so you can display it nicely. We’re also looking into making it possible to limit posts to categories, tags and custom taxonomies.</p>
<h3>Crafted For Bloggers</h3>
<p>The plugin is simple and easy to use. It’s great for your blog if you are a blogger. It helps your readers to navigate your blogs posts easily. All they have to do is click the thumbnail or post title to visit go to the blog post.</p>
<h3>100% Free Recent Posts With Thumbnail</h3>
<p>We do not have a premium version for the plugin, it’s not on our to-do to make one either. We’ll keep all features free for all users. That means our user support will be limited, but we’ll do our best to respond to all support tickets and emails as fast as we can. </p>
<h3>Simple To Use & Beginner Friendly</h3>
<p>This plugin impresses with its simplicity. I can hardly believe that anyone will get stuck when using it. All you have to do is to install it, go to your widgets and activate the widget. Could it be any simpler than that?</p>


Superb Recent Posts With Thumbnail Images

Responsive Recent Posts Widget With Images for WordPress. Lightweight & SEO Optimized Code. Free.

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