Title: WP_Widget_Recent_Comments::form
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Widget_Recent_Comments::form( array $instance )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Outputs the settings form for the Recent Comments widget.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$instance`arrayrequired

Current settings.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function form( $instance ) {
    	$title  = isset( $instance['title'] ) ? $instance['title'] : '';
    	$number = isset( $instance['number'] ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;
    	?>
    	<p>
    		<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:' ); ?></label>
    		<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $title ); ?>" />
    	</p>

    	<p>
    		<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Number of comments to show:' ); ?></label>
    		<input class="tiny-text" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'number' ); ?>" type="number" step="1" min="1" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" />
    	</p>
    	<?php
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-recent-comments.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-recent-comments.php#L192-L206)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [_e()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_e/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Displays translated text.

  | 
| [esc_attr()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_attr/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Escaping for HTML attributes.

  | 
| [absint()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/absint/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Converts a value to non-negative integer.

  |

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_recent_comments/form/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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