Do you want to create an independent page on your site whose role is to display recent comments? Highlighting recent comments is one way to increase engagement and discussion. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create a recent comments page in WordPress.

Why, when, and who needs a recent comments page?

Comments play an important role in building a community around your blog. They allow readers to participate in discussions and interact with you.

However, building a community is not an easy task. If you are having trouble, know that you are not the only one in this situation.

You'll notice that the list below has a section showcasing your top commentators. Highlight comments on your website encourages more comments.

WordPress offers for the occasion a widget to display recent comments on a sidebar. However, the sidebars are often too narrow, making your Recent Comments widget a bit condensed and difficult to read.

To complete your recent comments widget, you can add a recent comments page. This will allow users to easily read recent comments and follow discussions on your blog.

Let's take a look at how you can create a recent comments page on WordPress.

Creating a recent comments page

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the plugin Decent comments. This plugin works without configuration.

Once activated, simply create a new WordPress page where you want to display your recent comments. In the space of contents, you need to add this shortcode:

[decent-comments]

A preview of the page will show you 5 recent comments with user avatars and comment snippets.

You have at your disposal a handful of parameters that will allow you to customize the shortcode to meet your needs. For example, you can change the number of comments and the size of the avatar using a shortcode like this:

[decents-comments number="30" avatar_size="64"]

In this example, number et avatar_size are the attributes of the shortcode; while 30 and 64 are the values. This means it will display 30 comments and use 64 pixels for the avatar size.

You can check the Documentation page of this plugin to see the full list of shortcode parameters you can use.

To adjust the visual appearance of your recent reviews, you may need to add a code CSS customized.

It's as simple as that. We hope this article helps you create a recent comments page on WordPress. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know in the dedicated section.