Recent Comments Widget For Blogger

Steps:

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Page Element > Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript

2. Copy and paste the code below:

3. In the code, look for the line…

…src=”http://YourOwnB1og.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default…

…and replace the blog address (indicated in color blue below) with your own blog address

…src=”http://YourOwnB1og.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default…

(For self-hosted blogs)…

…src=”http://www.YourOwnB1og.com/feeds/comments/default…

4. Add a title. Save.

That’s it!

Options:

Number of Comments
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…

Number of Characters (Excerpt)
This widget is set to display an excerpt of 100 characters of each comment. If you want to change that number, just look for the number 100 in the code and replace it with the number of characters you want to be displayed. *

n_rc=true;var o_rc=100;

*Recommended setting: 50 to 100.

Credit: Recent Comments Widget Original by Blogger Templates

220 Responses to “Recent Comments Widget For Blogger”

kritter keeper says:

April 7, 2009 at 9:04 am

thanks- all looks great but one thing…the widget published the old title to that particular post not the one that shows on my blog…where did it get that? and i cannot adjust html on the title…also, can i adjust the amount of wording on each comment? just trying to shrink it a bit while still allowing the comments to be viewed. thanks so much!!!!

MadTom says:

April 7, 2009 at 12:07 pm

@kritter keeper:

…the widget published the old title to that particular post not the one that shows on my blog…where did it get that?

That’s an issue with Blogger/Blogger database. Unfortunately we can’t do anything about it right now. Maybe it will update itself after some time.

can i adjust the amount of wording on each comment?…

Yes, you can. Just look for the number 100 in the code and replace it with the number of characters you want to be displayed.

n_rc=true;var o_rc=100;

Recommended setting: 50 to 100.

DestroyHelloKitty says:

April 7, 2009 at 9:09 pm

thanks. it works. but i need to burn my comments feed first

kritter keeper says:

April 7, 2009 at 10:59 pm

thank you so much…will do!

kritter keeper says:

April 7, 2009 at 11:07 pm

by the way i will be clicking away for you….here is another dilemma how do i eliminate double spacing and just have single spacing on this past posts widget? i have copied the html for you…this widget just shows titles which is fine…just want to change spacing.

var numposts = 20;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = false;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;

kritter keeper says:

April 7, 2009 at 11:11 pm

that doesn’t look like what i copied…

MadTom says:

April 9, 2009 at 6:10 pm

@kritter keeper,

I will look into it. You can also use this one: Recent Posts Widget.

MadTom says:

April 10, 2009 at 12:13 pm

@kritter keeper,

Try this new Recent Posts Widget. It might solve your problem with the line spacing. I used single line spacing between post titles (list type).