Decent Comments
Decent Comments shows what people say. A more engaging way to show comments.
Use with caution
Decent Comments works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 2K+ sites, is rated 4.6/5 and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 58/100 on our health check.
- Loved by users — 4.6/5 from 20 reviews
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Decent Comments stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| comment | #44 |
| comments | #22 |
| discussion | #36 |
| feedback | >100 |
| shortcode | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 from 20 reviews
About Decent Comments
From the official readme · v3.0.2Description
Decent Comments shows what people say.
The Decent Comments plugin helps you show comments on your site in a neat way. It lets you display comments along with avatars of the people who wrote them and previews of what they said. This makes your site more engaging for visitors.
If you want to show comments along with their author’s avatars and an excerpt of their comment, recent comments on any of your posts, posts from certain categories and other criteria … then this might just be the right plugin for you.
The plugin provides configurable blocks, widgets, shortcodes and an API to display comments in sensible ways. This includes author avatars, links, comment excerpts …
Anywhere you place comments, by means of its block, widget, shortcode or by using its API, you can:
- Show an excerpt or the full comment. You can choose to not show the comment as well.
- Determine the number of words shown for excerpts.
- Set your kind of ellipsis.
- Set the number of comments to show.
- Show the author’s avatar and determine its size.
- Sort by author email, author URL, content (what’s said in the comment), date, karma or post … in ascending or descending order.
- Show comments for the current post or for a specific post.
- Show comments for a specific post type.
- Show comments for posts in specific categories, for specific tags, … (more precisely: the ability to show comments from posts related to one or more terms in a chosen taxonomy).
- Show comments for a set of posts and/or excluding a set of posts.
- and more to come … got suggestions?
Visit the Documentation pages for details.
Feedback is welcome. If you need help, have problems, want to leave feedback or want to provide constructive criticism, please do so at the Decent Comments plugin page.
Please try to solve problems there before you rate this plugin or say it doesn’t work. There goes a lot of work into providing you with free quality plugins! Please appreciate that and help with your feedback. Thanks!
Follow @itthinx on X, @itthinx on Mastodon, @itthinx on Reddit for news and updates on this and other plugins and tools.
Translations
- Catalan translation provided by Ibidem Group
- Chinese translation provided by Francesco from in Cina
- French translation provided by Thomas Mur from Creapage.net
- German translation provided by the author itthinx
- Italian translation provided by Francesco from in Cina
- Lithuanian translation provided by Vincent G from Host1Free
- Portuguese translation provided by TopCasinoWagering
- Russion translation provided by Igor
- Spanish translation provided by itthinx and Ibidem Translations
Many thanks!
Installation
- Upload or extract the
decent-commentsfolder to your site’s/wp-content/plugins/directory. Or you could use the Add new option found in the Plugins menu in WordPress. - Enable the plugin from the Plugins menu in WordPress.
Frequently asked questions
Does it have a block?
Yes. Look for the “Decent Comments” block in the block browser.
Can this plugin show excerpts of comments or even full comments?
Yes!
Can I choose how many comments are displayed?
Yes.
Can I display comments for any post? For the current post? For a specific post?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Does it show author’s avatars?
Yes.
Can I place more than one comment block, widget, shortcode … with different settings?
Yes.
Does it offer shortcodes?
Yes. Place your comments anywhere you need them!
Can I call a function to display comments wherever I need?
Yes.
What else does it do?
Visit the Documentation.
Help!
Get help by posting a comment on the Decent Comments page or post on the Support Forum.
I really appreciate this, how can I contribute?
Visit the Decent Comments page to provide feedback and ideas. Visit the Shop to purchase our tools and support our work. Translations are also welcome!
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FAQ
Decent Comments: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Decent Comments free?
Yes. Decent Comments is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Decent Comments safe to use in 2026?
Decent Comments works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 2K+ sites, is rated 4.6/5 and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 58/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Decent Comments?
Decent Comments is active on 2K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 118,188 times since it launched in September 2011. It was downloaded 361 times in the last 30 days.
Does Decent Comments work with WordPress 7.1?
Decent Comments is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.9, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Decent Comments need?
Decent Comments requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Decent Comments last updated?
The latest version, 3.0.2, was released on January 6, 2026 (9 months ago).
Who makes Decent Comments?
Decent Comments is developed and maintained by itthinx.
What are the best alternatives to Decent Comments?
The most popular alternatives to Decent Comments are AnyComment (5K+ installs), DCO Comment Attachment (5K+ installs) and Bulk Delete Comments (5K+ installs).
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