Changes the behavior of the built-in Recent Comments widget to display comment excerpts instead of post titles
Alternatives to Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts
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Display recent comments with customizable templates, Block Editor blocks, Abilities API support, and clean CSS.
List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!
Custom Post Type Widgetsv1.5.3
Custom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets.
Advance Widget Packv1.6.0
A pack of content widgets and blocks: recent/popular/related posts, author info, tag cloud, social links, countdown timer, and more.
A collection of useful widgets, neatly bundled into a single plugin.
Decent Commentsv3.0.2
Decent Comments shows what people say. A more engaging way to show comments.
Comments – EchoThreadv1.5.2
A fast, privacy-first Disqus alternative for WordPress: threaded comments, reactions, and ML spam filtering. No ads, no tracking, no data resale.
Lock down the WordPress comment attack surface with layered protections while preserving existing comment data.
Custom Post Type Widgets for the Block Editor (Gutenberg). This WordPress plugin adds default Custom Post Type Widgets to the Block Editor.