Current version: 2.0.6 (03/31/2009) (Changelog)

You need at least get recent comments version 2.0 if you have wordpress 2.3 or newer.

Features

Screenshots

Activation of widget	Administration Interface

Download
Get the plugin from the WordPress Plugins Directory.

Installation

Drop the file get-recent-comments.php into /wp-content/plugins/

Activate the plugin in the Plugin Management

Drag the widgets “Get Recent Comments” and “Get Recent Trackbacks” into the sidebar.

If your theme does not yet support widgets, insert to following code into the sidebar template.

   <?php if (function_exists('get_recent_comments')) { ?>
   <li><h2><?php _e('Recent Comments:'); ?></h2>
        <ul>
        <?php get_recent_comments(); ?>
        </ul>
   </li>
   <?php } ?>   

   <?php if (function_exists('get_recent_trackbacks')) { ?>
   <li><h2><?php _e('Recent Trackbacks:'); ?></h2>
        <ul>
        <?php get_recent_trackbacks(); ?>
        </ul>
   </li>
   <?php } ?>

Donate
The author does not ask you to donate for this plugin, because he himself is a happy user of free software. But now and then he is asked where and how one can donate: