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Advanced Comments Widget — WordPress Comment Plugin

by darrinb · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.1.2 Tested up to WP 4.5.33

Advanced Comments Widget has 60+ active installs on WordPress.org and 4,194 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 16, 2016, tested up to WordPress 4.5.33.

Advanced Comments Widget at a glance

Active installs
60+
Total downloads
4,194
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Advanced Comments Widget well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 4.5.33, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Select which post types to show comments for. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.)
  • Exclude pingbacks and trackbacks
  • Set the number of comments to show
  • Set the order for displaying the comments
  • Show comment author avatar
  • Set and preview avatar size
  • Show an excerpt of the comment
  • Determine the length of the excerpt
  • Select the comment list format to match your site’s markup. Choose from: ol, ul, or div
  • Select the comment format. Choose between html5 or xhtml
  • Create multiple comment lists with different settings

Advanced Comments Widget reviews and ratings

3 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

3 reviews

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  • The idea is good, but...

    The idea is good. However, when outputting DIV blocks: the first author has no comment. his comment at the top of the second author, and so on. last comment is not the author. In addition, for some reason, there was a horizontal scroll bar for content. http://savepic.net/8236533.png

    fomenkoandrey

  • Fantastic Widget

    Thanks for creating this great plugin. Works perfectly and is easy peasy to configure.

    jbakuk

  • Good plugin with good CSS

    Thank you for a great and easily customizable widget, everything has id and class tags so everything is retouchable :) Made me smile! - Jaakko Pöntinen

    Jaakko Pöntinen

Details

A highly customizable recent comments widget with avatars and excerpts.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Advanced Comments Widget competes in

Tags

  • comment-widget
  • comments
  • recent comments
  • widget

More from darrinb

Version
1.1.2
Last updated
Apr 16, 2016
First published
Mar 21, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.4
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Advanced Comments Widget FAQ

What does Advanced Comments Widget do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Advanced Comments Widget offers Select which post types to show comments for. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.), Exclude pingbacks and trackbacks, Set the number of comments to show, Set the order for displaying the comments and Show comment author avatar.

How many active installs does Advanced Comments Widget have?

WordPress.org reports 60+ active installs for Advanced Comments Widget as of September 7, 2026.

Is Advanced Comments Widget still maintained?

The last release was on April 16, 2016, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Advanced Comments Widget free?

Advanced Comments Widget is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.