Best liveblog plugins for WordPress
The most popular liveblog plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Liveblog leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Liveblogs (200+) and Arena.IM (100+). All 9 plugins tagged “liveblog” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 liveblog plugins
- 1.Liveblog
The most installed liveblog plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 15 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Easy Liveblogs200+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Arena.IM100+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
DmiMag LiveBlog. Live broadcast40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
OnCue Liveblogging10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Live Blog WP10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 7.
ScribbleLive WP10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 8.
BlogLive.Online live bloggingFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
All 9 plugins tagged “liveblog”
Liveblog
Up in the last 7 days:7#4,869by Automattic1 month ago
Empowers website owners to provide rich and engaging live event coverage to a large, distributed audience.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 2.9(15)
- Downloads
- 58/day

Easy Liveblogs
Down in the last 7 days:26#12,210by Jeffrey van Rossum1 year ago
Live blogging made easy with the Easy Liveblogs plugin from vanrossum.dev.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Arena.IM
Down in the last 7 days:142#13,392by Arena.IM1 year ago
Arena.im is a powerful FREE live blogging platform for real-time events. Cover sports, news, tech, etc. SEO optimized and mobile ready.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DmiMag LiveBlog. Live broadcast
Up in the last 7 days:193#22,898by dmimag2 months ago
DmiMag LiveBlog. Live broadcast - is a lightweight WordPress live broadcast Plugin
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

OnCue Liveblogging
Up in the last 7 days:847#30,569by TheLetterTwo1 month ago
Team liveblogging for WordPress, built for the reporter in the field with a phone.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Live Blog WP
Up in the last 7 days:8,039#39,044by liveblogwp5 years ago
Create a Gutenberg powered auto updating live blog and start live blogging directly within WordPress today.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ScribbleLive WP
#47,373by Ghali10 years ago
The ScribbleLive WP Plugin unlocks added SEO benefits for your ScribbleLive-powered content experiences.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BlogLive.Online live blogging
#58,741by robintas4 years ago
BlogLive.Online is a platform for live blogs which enables you to deliver your content real-time to end users. Engage your website visitors with real- …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day