Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts
by Corey Salzano · Uncategorized
Changes the behavior of the built-in Recent Comments widget to display comment excerpts instead of post titles
85 health vs 58 average across 8,526 Uncategorized plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
154
now · peak 154
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-04 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-09-27 100+ → 200+ up after 23 days in band
- 2025-09-04 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-09-01 100+ → 200+ up after 90 days in band
- 2025-06-03 200+ → 100+ down after 22 days in band
- 2025-05-12 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-05-09 200+ → 100+ down after 560 days in band
- 2023-10-27 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
- N news ticker benaceur 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
- B Better WordPress Recent Comments 600+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
- C Customized Recent Comments 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- P Polygon Recent Comments With Avatar 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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Advanced Comments Widget 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recent-comments-widget-with-comment-excerpts" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts: 100+ active installs, 4.5★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recent-comments-widget-with-comment-excerpts