Paged Comments
Paged Comments enables comment paging. Useful for those popular blog entries receiving many comments, or a simple guestbook page within WordPress.
Consider an alternative
Paged Comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites and was last updated 18 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 17 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 2.7 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Paged Comments stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| comments | >100 |
| paged | >100 |
| paged comments | #57 |
| Paginate | >100 |
| split | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Paged Comments
From the official readme · v2.9.1 (2008-12-23)Description
Paged Comments enables comment paging. Useful for those popular blog entries receiving many comments, or a simple guestbook page within WordPress.
Features
- Comment ordering: show latest comments first, or last
- Specify number of comments to display per page
- Enable paging for all posts and pages, or on a per-post basis
- Specify the first or last page of comments to load by default
- See sample config file for more
Examples of Use
The plugin is used to manage comments related to the plugin itself:
The following sites also use the plugin:
Installation
Visit the plugin page for installation steps for the latest release of the plugin.
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Download and extract plugin files to a folder locally.
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Edit
paged-comments-config-sample.phpto configure, then save the file aspaged-comments-config.php.
If you’re upgrading and you already have a paged-comments-config.php file, you can ignore this step. -
Upload the whole
paged-commentsdirectory to/wp-content/plugins/. The plugin files should now be in/wp-content/plugins/paged-comments/. -
Enable the plugin through the WordPress admin interface.
For developers
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FAQ
Paged Comments: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 4, 2026
Is Paged Comments free?
Yes. Paged Comments is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Paged Comments safe to use in 2026?
Paged Comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites and was last updated 18 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Paged Comments?
Paged Comments is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 25,919 times since it launched in May 2005. It was downloaded 193 times in the last 30 days.
Does Paged Comments work with WordPress 7.1?
Paged Comments is officially tested up to WordPress 2.7, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Paged Comments last updated?
The latest version, 2.9.1 (2008-12-23), was released on December 24, 2008 (18 years ago).
Who makes Paged Comments?
Paged Comments is developed and maintained by keyvan.
What are the best alternatives to Paged Comments?
The most popular alternatives to Paged Comments are Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Pro… (5M+ installs), Disable Comments (1M+ installs) and Antispam Bee (700K+ installs).
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