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Once the widget is added to your sidebar you may easily configure it to provide a display of recent comments with comment author avatars. The options are:
<ul>
<li>The title of the widget.</li>
<li>Limit the number of comments to shown (1 to 15).</li>
<li>Option to display the avatar of the comment author, or not.</li>
<li>Set the size of the avatar.</li>
<li>Chose to have the comment author’s URL (if given) open in a new window,</li>
<li>Show the date of the comment, or not.</li>
<li>Set the format of the date.</li>
<li>Set the size (as a fraction of the normal text size) of the date string.</li>
<li>Show an excerpt from the comment.</li>
<li>Convert smilies in the excerpt.</li>
<li>Show a country flag indicating the source of the comment, requires MySQL database modifications, see below.</li>
<li>Show a country flag in main comment loops, non-widget, requires theme and MySQL database modifications, see below.</li>
</ul>
The style of the output may be controlled with simple CSS rules that need to be included in your <code>styles.css</code> template file. 
 The container (i.e. <code><ul></code> or <code><table></code>) has the id recentcomments (use CSS <code>.recentcomments</code>). 
 List items (i.e. <code><li></code>) have the class recentcomments (use CSS <code>#recentcomments</code>).

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EffortLess Disable All Comments allows you to disable comments, trackbacks, and avatars across your WordPress site or multisite network with a single checkbox. When enabled, it removes comment functionality, hides the Comments and Discussion menus, and blocks comment submissions. Uncheck to restore all features.
Features:
<pre><code>Disables comments and trackbacks for all post types.
Removes avatars site-wide.
Hides Comments and Discussion settings in the admin.
Blocks comment submissions via frontend, admin, and REST API.
Multisite support: applies settings network-wide.
Simple toggle to enable/disable.
</code></pre>

EffortLess Disable All Comments

Completely disables comments, trackbacks, and avatars site-wide or network-wide with a single toggle. Multisite compatible.

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