Duplicates the built-in Recent Comments widget and adds functionality to display comment excerpts instead of post titles
Alternatives to WP Unread Comments
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WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Hide admin notices, disable comments, remove dashboard widgets, customize the login page, and clean the admin bar — all from one plugin.
A widget that lists your most discussed posts with thumbnail, date and comment count.
Add reactions, view counts, hot scores, trending lists, shortcodes, and a widget to any WordPress site.
Let visitors highlight text or page elements to report typos, ask questions, flag bugs, leave comments, and chat with you on the page.
Analyze WordPress comments in one dashboard. Track comment stats, identify top commenters, and gain engagement insights.
Visual, in-context feedback for WordPress. Pin, highlight and box annotations stored entirely in your own database.
A cleaner WordPress dashboard with quick links, private page-view stats, one-click updates, comment moderation and Site Health at a glance.
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.
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.