Recent Comments
Displays a list of recent comments.
The facts
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 17 Sep 2008
- Added
- Mar 2008
- Requires WP
- 1.5
- Tested up to
- WP 2.6.2
- Downloads
- 40,512
Our analysis
AI-assistedRecent Comments is a WordPress plugin that displays a list of the newest comments on your blog. It offers various customisation options for how the comments are presented. This plugin is suitable for users who want to highlight recent interactions on their site.
Best for: This plugin suits bloggers who want to showcase recent comments on their site.
What it does well
- ✓Displays a list of the newest comments
- ✓Customisable output format
- ✓Option to show only one comment per post
- ✓Can include attachments in the output
- ✓Allows sorting and grouping of comments
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in September 2008, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Requires the Post-Plugin Library to function
Verdict
Recent Comments provides a straightforward way to display comments, but its outdated status may limit its effectiveness in modern WordPress environments.
From the developer
RobMarsh's own description of Recent Comments, lightly tidied.
Recent Comments displays a list of your blog’s newest comments. The output can be customised in many ways.
This plugin requires the latest version of the Post-Plugin Library: download it now.
Version History
- 2.6.2.1
- option (‘unique’) to only show one comment per post
- new {imagealt} output tag — rather like {imagesrc}
- {excerpt} can now trim to whole sentences
- content filter can now take parameter string
- widget can now take parameter string
- output can be appended to posts & feeds
- the current post can be marked manually
- widgets now honour the option to show no output if list is empty
- bug fix: installation code was failing on some systems
- version bump to indicate compatibility with WP 2.6
- fix to really include attachments
- new parameter for {imagesrc} to append a suffix to the image name, e.g. to get the thumbnail for attachments
- new option to include attachments
- {php} tag now accepts nested tags
- new output tag {authorurl} — permalink to archive of author’s posts
- fix for page selection in old versions of WP
- made omit current post try harder to find current post ID
- new option to match the current post’s author
- extended options for snippet and excerpt output tags
- new option to show by status, i.e., published/private/draft/future
- {categorynames} and {categorylinks} apply ‘single_cat_name’ filter
- fixes bug in WP pre-2.2 causing installation to fail
- new option to only show comments for the current post
- {image} has new post, link, and default parameters
- new {imagesrc} tag
- fix to empty category bug
- excluded posts bug fix
- fix for intermittent bug with ‘omit current post’ option
- reverted thumbnail serving (speed)
- fix current post after extra query
- option to sort output, group templates
- removed ‘trim_before’ option added more logical ‘divider’
- {date:raw}, {commentdate:raw}, etc.
- fix for {image} resizing when and not
- {image} now serves real thumbnails