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Best live blogging plugins for WordPress

The most popular live blogging plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Arena.IM leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of OnCue Liveblogging (10+) and Live Blog WP (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “live blogging” 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 5 live blogging plugins

  1. 1.
    Arena.IM

    The most installed live blogging plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  2. 2.
    OnCue Liveblogging

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

  3. 3.
    Live Blog WP

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  4. 4.
    Live Center

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  5. 5.
    Dilmot live Q&A chats

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.

All 5 plugins tagged “live blogging”