Best recent comments plugins for WordPress
The most popular recent comments plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Better WordPress Recent Comments leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts (100+) and Customized Recent Comments (100+). All 19 plugins tagged “recent comments” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 recent comments plugins
- 1.
Better WordPress Recent CommentsThe most installed recent comments plugin, with 500+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 2.
Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Customized Recent Comments100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 4.
Polygon Recent Comments With Avatar100+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
Advanced Comments Widget60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 6.
Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
Init Recent Comments40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 8.
Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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NS Widget Recent Comments20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago.
All 19 plugins tagged “recent comments”
Better WordPress Recent Comments
Up in the last 7 days:3#8,782by Khang Minh9 years ago
This plugin displays recent comment lists at assigned locations, with comprehensive support for widgets.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.5(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts
Down in the last 7 days:63#14,166by 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
Customized Recent Comments
Up in the last 7 days:14#14,969by blueinstyle15 years ago
Display recent comments on your blog with complete control over the layout and format of comments.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Polygon Recent Comments With Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:93#15,701by polyxgo2 years ago
Polygon Recent Comments With Avatar: Recent comments with avatar support, including Gravatar, date, username, user link, and scrollbar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Comments Widget
#19,784by darrinb10 years ago
A highly customizable recent comments widget with avatars and excerpts.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts
Up in the last 7 days:123#21,277by Corey Salzano4 months ago
Duplicates the built-in Recent Comments widget and adds functionality to display comment excerpts instead of post titles
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Init Recent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:1,252#21,629by Init HTML6 days ago
Display recent comments with customizable templates, Block Editor blocks, Abilities API support, and clean CSS.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:7#23,482by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Enables in-place expansion of excerpts in the admin dashboard 'Comments' section of the 'Activity' widget to view full comments.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced
Up in the last 7 days:349#24,019by Rahul Ramesh12 years ago
This plugin will add a recent comments widget for Disqus, to your WordPress site. The widget will not impact your site loading time, as all the querie …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NS Widget Recent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:31#26,945by misharnet10 years ago
Add a recent comments widget that shows author's avatar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Love
Down in the last 7 days:105#29,474by RonR16 years ago
Displays a list of recent comments. Several configuration options exist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Grouped Comments Widget
Up in the last 7 days:210#30,176by Chris Roberts13 years ago
Adds a widget which displays recent comments, grouped by post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pz-RecentComments
Down in the last 7 days:703#33,188by ぽぽろん＠ぽぽづれ。1 year ago
Recent comment widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scroll recent comments
Down in the last 7 days:1,037#41,146by pakhermawan15 years ago
view scroll recent comments with avatar
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Recent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:3,628#47,452by ClevelandWebDeveloper13 years ago
Make it so recent comments widget only appears if there are any comments to show.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Poly Comments
Up in the last 7 days:15,366#55,843by polyxgo1 year ago
Poly Comments: Recent comments with avatar support, including Gravatar, date, username, user link, and scrollbar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fox009 Recent Comments Widget
#66,205by fox0095 years ago
Provides custom recent comment widget with additional features such as display avatar, comment excerpt and more!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Last Comments Widget
Up in the last 7 days:2,550#68,026by udarmo9 years ago
Shows a list of most recently added BP activity comments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day