Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts
by Corey Salzano · Admin & Utilities
Duplicates the built-in Recent Comments widget and adds functionality to display comment excerpts instead of post titles
80 health vs 58 average across 1,241 Admin & Utilities 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
148
now · peak 148
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
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
- 2026-07-12 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-11 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 14 days in band
- 2026-06-26 40+ → 50+ up after 13 days in band
- 2026-06-13 50+ → 40+ down after 197 days in band
- 2025-11-28 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-24 50+ → 60+ up after 10 days in band
- 2025-11-14 60+ → 50+ down after 187 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- 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
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Advanced Comments Widget 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C - R Recent Love – A List of Recent Comments 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- S Scroll recent comments 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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