Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts
Duplicates the built-in Recent Comments widget and adds functionality to display comment excerpts instead of post titles
Maintenance 20/100846d since update
Active installs
50
Downloads
5,080
Reviews
0
Age
15.1y
Tagsrecent commentsdefault widgetsrecent comment excerptsrecent comments widgetcomment excerpts
Plugin info
Total downloads: 5,080
Active installs: 50
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 9/6/2023 (846 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 11/13/2010 (15 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.3.0
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 846 days ago
20/100
Is Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 846 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 2.8
Tested up to: 6.3.0
Requires PHP: f
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Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts
Rating 4.5/5 (6 reviews) • Active installs 100
Description
This plugin creates a widget similar to the default recent comments widget. Instead of the format “username on post title,” the widget will display “username said comment excerpt.”
Choose whether or not to include admin user comments.
Customize the character length of the comment excerpt.
Installation
- Download recent-comments-widget-with-excerpts.zip
- Decompress the file contents
- Upload the recent-comments-widget-with-excerpts folder to a WordPress plugins directory (/wp-content/plugins)
- Activate the plugin from the Administration Dashboard
- Open the Widgets page under the Appearance section
- Drag the widget to an active sidebar
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Changelog
1.0.0
- [Added] Adds translation support.
- [Fixed] Fixes a bug that would break any site when the plugin was activated.
- [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.3.0.
- [Removed] Removes the “hide comments by admin” feature because it never worked.
- [Removed] Removes inline CSS.
0.111017
- Fixed a bug that broke the options
0.111012
- Allow up to 150 comments instead of 15
- Now using mb_substr instead of substr (for international characters)
- Apply comment filters and strip tags to comment output
0.110223
- Choose whether or not to include comments by the admin user
0.110221
- Added an option to control the maximum length of comment excerpts
- Stop showing ellipsis if the comment length is not long enough to be trimmed by the widget
0.101109
- First build