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Best breaking news ticker plugins for WordPress

The most popular breaking news ticker plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Latest Simple News Ticker leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of News ticker (60+) and Nice Latest News Ticker (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “breaking news ticker” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 4 breaking news ticker plugins

  1. 1.
    Latest Simple News Ticker

    The most installed breaking news ticker plugin, with 70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.

  2. 2.
    News ticker

    60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  3. 3.
    Nice Latest News Ticker

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.

  4. 4.
    Synchronise News Ticker

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.

All 4 plugins tagged “breaking news ticker”