Best headlines plugins for WordPress
The most popular headlines plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Font Burner Control Panel leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Guardian News Headlines (20+) and Sports News Headlines Widget Box In Any Language (20+). All 24 plugins tagged “headlines” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 headlines plugins
- 1.
Font Burner Control PanelThe most installed headlines plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.6.
- 2.
Guardian News Headlines20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 3.
Sports News Headlines Widget Box In Any Language20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 4.
Legal News Headlines10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.
ESPN Headlines10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 6.
Static Newsticker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 7.
Image Headlines10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago.
- 8.
News Aggregator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 9.
WP-Headline10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 10.
Mam News Ticker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 24 plugins tagged “headlines”
Font Burner Control Panel
Down in the last 7 days:73#25,123by Adrian Hanft13 years ago
The Font Burner Plugin allows you to easily add Font Burner Fonts to your Wordpress theme. (IF UPGRADING, BE SURE TO RECORD YOUR FONT BURNER SETTINGS …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Guardian News Headlines
Down in the last 7 days:311#28,069by openplatform12 years ago
Shows the latest headlines from a selectable news category in a sidebar widget. Headlines link to the live article on the Guardian.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sports News Headlines Widget Box In Any Language
#28,670by lswjohn11 years ago
Display the latest sports news (Up to 14+ Languages) from Google Web Elements or Daily Herald fast and easy using simple short codes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Legal News Headlines
Up in the last 7 days:534#30,747by troycobb14 years ago
Do you run a law blog? Want to give your readers fresh legal news? This WordPress plugin adds a sidebar widget that displays a mix of current legal ne …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ESPN Headlines
Down in the last 7 days:466#30,789by davidpean14 years ago
A simple widget to display the latest ESPN content by sport and league.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Static Newsticker
Up in the last 7 days:584#31,604by nath4n6 years ago
An easy to use, slick and flexible news ticker in the style of the BBC News page ticker
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Headlines
Up in the last 7 days:195#32,866headlines18 years ago
This plugin allows you to have images created automatically for your entry titles. In this way you can utilize non-standard fonts and get smoother r …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Aggregator
#34,456by Twice Two Media3 years ago
Simple news aggregation feeds for your website. Choose a topic and easily display real-time news on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Headline
Up in the last 7 days:9,188#37,503by LiRo16 years ago
Adds headline BBCodes to WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mam News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:1,307#40,508by mamun_khan10101012 years ago
Mam News Ticker is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lazy News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:4,695#41,581by raselahmed712 years ago
Lazy News Ticker is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hm News Ticker
#43,859by hmmurad12 years ago
Here is a short description of the plugin. This should be no more than 150 characters. No markup here.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Muizz Newsticker
Down in the last 7 days:8,308#45,559by porosh9 years ago
A wordpress plugin which gives you ability to add news ticker.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Headline Split Tester
Down in the last 7 days:7,885#46,352by bhalliburton15 years ago
Headline Split Tester allows you to have two competing headlines for blog posts. They are randomly shown until one headline wins.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Teaser Post Title
Down in the last 7 days:11,248#46,955by Ziyad Bachalany1 month ago
🌟 Skyrocket clicks with irresistible homepage headlines while keeping SEO intact!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bytecoder Post Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:8,529#47,118by Sayfur Rahman12 years ago
Bytecoder Post Tickers is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Awesome Headlines Generator
#47,391by Cobbysoft10 years ago
STOP Writing Headlines The Hard Way! Write SEO Friendly Headline Every Time - With This One Little Trick!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bytecoder News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:10,366#47,957by Sayfur Rahman12 years ago
Bytecoder News Ticker is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Headline Booster
Down in the last 7 days:1,061#54,824by Aaron Campbell15 days ago
Generate AI-powered headline variants with built-in scoring to improve clarity, SEO, and click-through rate directly inside the WordPress editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Digital Advisors News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:13,068#64,365by digitaladvisors17 days ago
Scroll your latest posts and short announcements in a bar across your site, or place a ticker inside any page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Ticker by minhaj
Down in the last 7 days:8,079#67,729by minhazur8 years ago
Shortcorde 1. General ticker [ticker_list id="1"] speed change [ticker_list id="2" speed="1000" ] 3.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Initial Caps Titles
#70,352by Ese Amadasun9 months ago
Automatically converts post titles to Initial Caps while preserving ALL CAPS and numeric acronyms like FG, INEC, 5G, 2FA, and 50BN.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day