Best latest comments plugins for WordPress
The most popular latest comments plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. news ticker benaceur leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts (100+). All 2 plugins tagged “latest comments” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 latest comments plugins
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news ticker benaceurThe most installed latest comments plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “latest comments”
news ticker benaceur
Up in the last 7 days:9#6,510by Benaceur11 months ago
This plugin allow you to display the latest posts or latest comments in a bar with twenty seven beautiful animations and effects...
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts
Down in the last 7 days:59#14,146by Corey Salzano4 months ago
Changes the behavior of the built-in Recent Comments widget to display comment excerpts instead of post titles
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day