Best latest-news plugins for WordPress

The most popular latest-news plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Wp Blog News leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Latest News (100+) and News ticker (60+). All 11 plugins tagged “Latest-news” 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 10 latest-news plugins

1.
Wp Blog News
The most installed latest-news plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
2.
Latest News
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
3.
News ticker
60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
4.
list-posts WordPress Plugin
30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
5.
MJ news plugin
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
6.
Sports News Headlines Widget Box In Any Language
20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
7.
Latest News Marquee
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
8.
Bigboss Recent Post Widget
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
9.
CTicker
10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
10.
Latest News, Posts, Articles
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.