Best journalism plugins for WordPress
The most popular journalism plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. DocumentCloud leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Printable PDF Newspaper (100+) and Snowball (100+). All 13 plugins tagged “journalism” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 journalism plugins
- 1.
DocumentCloudThe most installed journalism plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Printable PDF Newspaper100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 3.
Snowball100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 4.
Interactive Longform Articles10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 5.
Pressroom10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 6.
Paperlit10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 7.
HPCMF Reader Support with RazorpayFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
BlockFact Verified ImagesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
QurioFewer than 10 active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 10.
Civil Publisher ToolsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 13 plugins tagged “journalism”
DocumentCloud
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,226by muckrock1 year ago
Embed DocumentCloud resources in WordPress content.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 117/day
Printable PDF Newspaper
Down in the last 7 days:283#14,233by Chris Hardie2 years ago
Generates a printable PDF newspaper from post content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Snowball
Down in the last 7 days:34#15,536by thomaspark7 years ago
Snowball makes it easy for journalists and bloggers to create immersive articles using multimedia, data visualizations, and interactive widgets.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Interactive Longform Articles
Down in the last 7 days:962#31,530by clickonmedia6 years ago
Interactive multimedia articles for longform journalism, with a background scroll effect.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pressroom
Down in the last 7 days:5,657#45,298by theprintlabs11 years ago
Turns WordPress into a multiple channel publishing platform.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Paperlit
Down in the last 7 days:3,276#47,693by paperlit9 years ago
Turns WordPress into a publishing platform.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HPCMF Reader Support with Razorpay
Down in the last 7 days:365#53,379by Harishchandra Press Club and Media Foundation7 days ago
Let readers support independent journalism with one-time or monthly payments through Razorpay, from a box under every post and a mobile footer bar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
BlockFact Verified Images
Down in the last 7 days:5,810#55,847by BlockFact Technologies2 months ago
Upload, display, and verify blockchain-authenticated .facti images in WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Qurio
#59,194by Qurio - Native Engagement1 year ago
Qurio helps digital media organizations engage with their audience through AI-powered surveys and engagement campaigns.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Civil Publisher Tools
Up in the last 7 days:3,829#63,578by Civil6 years ago
Use Civil's growing suite of publisher tools, including: Boosts, to let readers easily support to your newsroom from any article; Credibility Ind …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Red Jaguar Newsroom Privacy & Optimizer
#64,028by redjaguar5 days ago
Manage the privacy of your images: remove hidden GPS, device and owner data from every photo before publishing. All on your own server.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 76/day
Rankwell AI
Down in the last 7 days:2,214#65,795by Omajemite Don1 month ago
AI writing assistant for journalists. Rewrite, fix grammar, improve readability, write articles, SEO optimize, and chat with AI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day