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This widget will display the recent comments on Blogger blogs (free-hosted or self-hosted).
Steps:
1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Add a Page Element > HTML/JavaScript
2. Copy and paste the code below:
3. Put your own blog address as indicated in color blue below:
…src=”http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default…
4. Add a title. Save.
Note:
This widget is set to display 5 recent comments. If you want to change that number, just look for the number 5 in the code and replace it with the number of comments you want to be displayed. I recommend setting it between 4 and 8.
… a_rc=5;var m_rc=false;var n_rc=true;var…
That’s it!
24 comments ↓
I like this and have just added it to my blog… Thank you
Lady Banana,
My pleasure.
You ROCK!!! Thanks so much, I just popped this into my template and it worked like a charm.
Thanks Tom
Eric “SpeedyCat”
I have a private blog. From what i understand, recent comments doesn’t work with private blogs. Is that correct?
I copied the code as is, but nothing happened. Help!
I think what tarun means by a “private blog”, is that his blogger settings are set so that only invited authors can read or write in it. I beleive this to be the case because I also have the same problem and my settings are as described above.
Is there a workaround? All I get is the Recent Comments header with no content.
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Oh yes, private blog.
Now I remember. Thanks Dissent, for the clarification and for reminding me. I totally forgot that there’s a private blog feature of Blogger. Must be a spacejet lag after paying a visit to an old friend on Planet Eggplant. I’m sorry, tarun. 
I came up with an alternative widget that might work on private blogs. See it HERE.
I’ve tested it only once with a single blog. It worked perfectly well. Try it. Please let me know if it does work with your private blogs, too.
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Hi, thanks for the widget, although I do have one problem: my blog is in Spanish and it looks strange with the phrase “…commented on…”. Can it be changed to “…dijo en…”?
Regards
Hi Florencia,
I will try to make a Spanish version. Would you please translate “Recent Comments Widget For Blogger” to Spanish for me? Thanks!
Great tool. Two quick things:
1) Can you help me modify this to add the date/time the comment was posted?
2) Is there any way to open up the code so I can play with the fontsize and possibly truncate the original post title as well?
Thank YOU!!!
Hi, is there any way I can customize it? as in adding an icon at the start of each comment? Thanks in advance
wonderful! terrific! excellent! :)))
doesn’t work just display ↑ Want this widget?
I am having trouble with it! It does not seem to work - Like Alan it just displays ↑ Want this widget?
Hi Meeta,
I’ve just tried grabbing your site’s feed and testing it here: http://wwx5.blogspot.com (click link to visit test site). The widget seems to be working perfectly.
Tip: When configuring HTML/JavaScript, be sure it’s on Html mode (just click Edit Html) when inserting the code.
Also, don’t forget to insert your own blog URL into the code as mentioned in step#3 (just look for the line that looks like this: src=”http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default… and change “yourblog” with your own blog address).
Hi Tristan! Thanks for that quick reply - you’re gorgeous! OK so I have added a totally new element (See Recent Comments on the top of the first side bar on my blog) however, it’s still not working. What I noticed is when I click to ope the page element again the script is saved so:
var a_rc=5;var m_rc=false;var n_rc=true;var o_rc=100;↑ Want this widget?
so where am I going wrong?
ok that did not work! maybe I can send you an email somewhere!
@Metta
Are you using the old Blogger (classic)?… Cause that might be the reason why the code doesn’t work. If that’s the case, I’ll see if I can get a work around with the code to work with the old Blogger. I will notify you.
no i am using the new blogger - I was using another code from Hans (Beautiful Beta ) - then yesterday changed it to your code but realized it’s not working.
@Meeta
You can try this one: http://www.madtomatoe.com/recent-comments-widget-for-private-blogger-blogs . It should work on non-private blogs, too.
Tristan, thanks so much. That did the trick. However, I miss the style of this widget ;-( with the titles of posts and name of author. It was somehow more elegant.
How come this stopped working for me all of a sudden? Any ideas? I’d love to have this style back again. Can you help me on that please?
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Hi Meeta!
I just sent you an email with the new (sort of) code for Recent Comments. Check it out. We might get lucky this time.
Thanks T! It works perfectly now. I appreciate your time and help!
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