Best live news plugins for WordPress
The most popular live news plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fast Short News leads with 20+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “live 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 1 live news plugins
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Fast Short NewsThe most installed live news plugin, with 20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.