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WordPress - Recent Comments without a Plugin or Widget
.recent-comments { list-style: none; font-size: 12px; color: #485358; }
.recent-comments li { overflow: hidden; padding: 20px 0; border-top: 1px dotted #DADEE1; }
.recent-comments li:first-child { border: 0 none; }
.recent-comments img { float: left; margin-right: 8px; }
.recent-comments a { display: block; margin-top: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; }
<div class="widget recent-comments">
<h3>Recent Comments</h3>
<?php bg_recent_comments(); ?>
</div>
<?php
/**
* Show Recent Comments
*
* @author Baki Goxhaj
* @link http://wplancer.com/how-to-display-recent-comments-without-using-a-plugin-or-widget/
*
* @param string/integer $no_comments
* @param string/integer $comment_len
* @param string/integer $avatar_size
*
* @echo string $comm
*/
function bg_recent_comments($no_comments = 5, $comment_len = 80, $avatar_size = 48) {
$comments_query = new WP_Comment_Query();
$comments = $comments_query->query( array( 'number' => $no_comments ) );
$comm = '';
if ( $comments ) : foreach ( $comments as $comment ) :
$comm .= '<li><a class="author" href="' . get_permalink( $comment->comment_post_ID ) . '#comment-' . $comment->comment_ID . '">';
$comm .= get_avatar( $comment->comment_author_email, $avatar_size );
$comm .= get_comment_author( $comment->comment_ID ) . ':</a> ';
$comm .= '<p>' . strip_tags( substr( apply_filters( 'get_comment_text', $comment->comment_content ), 0, $comment_len ) ) . '...</p></li>';
endforeach; else :
$comm .= 'No comments.';
endif;
echo $comm;
}
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llity commented Jan 7, 2016

if it can ajax load more comments, it will more great!

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