Title: Smart Recent Comments
Author: ClevelandWebDeveloper
Published: <strong>7, Xunu de 2013</strong>
Last modified: 19, Agostu de 2013

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Smart Recent Comments

 By [ClevelandWebDeveloper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clevelandwebdeveloper/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smart-recent-comments.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-recent-comments/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-recent-comments/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-recent-comments/)

## Description

When you set up a new blog there aren’t any comments to start off with–it takes 
time until you get your first real person to participate in the discussion. When
you use the default ‘recent comments’ widget in WordPress you are left with a ‘recent
comments’ title in your sidebar and no comments listed under it. This plugin will
replace that recent comments widget with a smarter one. The recent comments widget
in your sidebar will not show until you start getting comments. Once you get your
first comment, the widget will automatically appear so you can show off your latest
comments. In all other ways this is exactly the same as the default WordPress recent
comments widget. There is no configuration required with this plugin so once you
install it you are good to go.

#### Screencast

This short screencast demonstrates how to use the Smart Recent Comments plugin. 
View it [here](http://www.clevelandwebdeveloper.com/wordpress-plugins/smart-recent-comments/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The problem: Default behavior of WordPress recent comments widget when there 
   are no comments to show

## Installation

 1. From WP admin > Plugins > Add New
 2. Search “Smart Recent Comments” under search and hit Enter
 3. Click “Install Now”
 4. Click the Activate Plugin link

## FAQ

  Why did you make this plugin?

In the course of developing WordPress websites, I came accross the following problem:

I would first build the site using the ‘Hi, this is a comment.’ default comment 
from Mr WordPress. When the site is ready to go live, I delete that comment. Now
the site looks funny because there is a lonely ‘Recent Comments’ title in the sidebar
with nothing under it (see screenshot). I figured I could either a) remove the widget,
wait until the site gets its first comment, and then add it again (the problem with
this option is that I would probably forget to do that later on) or b) make a plugin
so that the recent comments widget only appears if any comments exist.

  Do I have to do anything beyond installing the plugin?

Nope that is all.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Smart Recent Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ClevelandWebDeveloper ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clevelandwebdeveloper/)

[Translate “Smart Recent Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-recent-comments)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-recent-comments/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/smart-recent-comments/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smart-recent-comments/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smart-recent-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **13 años ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.6.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-recent-comments/)
 * Tag
 * [recent comments](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-comments/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-recent-comments/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ ClevelandWebDeveloper ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clevelandwebdeveloper/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-recent-comments/)

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