lost recent comments widget

I should add that the version is 2.3.3 and with a fresh install the recent comments is a default widget.

This is the one I would like to get but it doesn’t come back even with an upgrade.

Is that plugin compatble with the lates WP version?
What happens if you delete the plugin (via ftp)?

Also, remember that some plugins and widgets (btw, widgets are just fancy plugins) don’t work well together.

This isn’t a plugin, or at least I don’t think so. It is the default widget that is there after a new install. If I have a new install of wordpress I have a “recent comments” widget under widgets in presentation by default. This is what I would like to get back, or at least know which file in wordpress puts it in so I can try to get it back, Presently I am at a dead end.

I have upgraded 25 times or more, I have activated and deactivated brians threaded comments each time. It is possible if I knew which file and in which folder created the default widget for “recent comments” I might stand a chance of fixing it.

I believe I did something to a file that has deleted the “recent comments” widget.

the briansthreadedcomments works fine. but I can’t find the file that puts the original “recent comments” widget on the widgets page.

I really only know it is there on a new install, no upgrade or anything seem to bring it back. I assume it has to be a comment.php or something that is gone or corrupted.

I even tried to copy/paste from a blog that works. I really am lost.

This isn’t a plugin, or at least I don’t think so.

It doesn’t matter what you think – as I said above: every widget is in fact a (fancy) plugin. Period.

It is in the wp-includes/widgets.php as a default built-in widget. But you should never touch any core file!

Actually, I tested on a local install and Brian’s plugin works with the recent comments in the default theme.

I thank you for trying to help. The problem is in the rainbow theme I downloaded as nearly as I can tell. All I touched were the files instructed to do so by the Brians comments. I do appologize for wasting your time, but thank you again, knowing there are people out here willing to help.

Supposedly the theme has been fixed and I just had an old copy. I will just stick with a different one. A lesson learned.