Best journalism tool plugins for WordPress

The most popular journalism tool plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Timelines leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Storymaps (50+). All 2 plugins tagged “journalism tool” 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 2 journalism tool plugins

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Timelines
The most installed journalism tool plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
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Storymaps
50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.

All 2 plugins tagged “journalism tool”

Timelines
Up in the last 7 days:6#16,030
by uiux11 years ago
TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables you to build visually-rich interactive timelines and is available in 40 languages.
Installs
100+
Rating
5.0(3)
Downloads
0/day
Storymaps
#20,974
by uiux11 years ago
StoryMapJS by Knight Lab is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events.
Installs
50+
Rating
5.0(2)
Downloads
0/day