Best magazine plugins for WordPress
The most popular magazine plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Magazine Modules Lite leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of ThemeZee Magazine Blocks (3K+) and Flex Posts (2K+). All 37 plugins tagged “magazine” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 magazine plugins
- 1.
WP Magazine Modules LiteThe most installed magazine plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 30 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
ThemeZee Magazine Blocks3K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Flex Posts2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 24 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 73 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Ultra Companion1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.
Gutenverse News800+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.Magazine Columns
600+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 8.
News Element Elementor Blog Magazine400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
WP News300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Elementor Post Grid200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 37 plugins tagged “magazine”

WP Magazine Modules Lite
Up in the last 7 days:8#3,078by CodeVibrant1 year ago
Ultimate plugin suitable for creating you own newspaper and magazine layouts using Gutenberg and Elementor page builder. Design magazine modules with …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(30)
- Downloads
- 25/day

ThemeZee Magazine Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:11#3,628by ThemeZee2 months ago
Flexible Magazine Blocks for the new WordPress Editor.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Flex Posts
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,240by Tajam2 months ago
Show your posts with thumbnails in flexible, responsive layouts. Works as a sidebar widget or a block in the editor.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers
Down in the last 7 days:6#4,362by PublishPress13 days ago
Organize posts into issues or a series. Ideal for magazines, newspapers, teachers, comic artists, and anyone writing multi-part articles.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(73)
- Downloads
- 69/day

Ultra Companion
Down in the last 7 days:69#6,701by wpoperations2 years ago
This is the companion plugin for WPoperation themes. This plugin will add extra features to the theme theme by adding social share, shortcodes, post v …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 13/day

Gutenverse News
Down in the last 7 days:25#7,606by Jegstudio2 months ago
Build news websites, blog and magazine layouts with WordPress news blocks, post grids, post sliders, archive blocks, and a news ticker.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Magazine Columns
Up in the last 7 days:34#8,401by bandicootmarketing11 years ago
Divides your post or page content into two or more columns, like a magazine article.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

News Element Elementor Blog Magazine
Down in the last 7 days:27#9,834by webangon2 months ago
Create News, Magazine and Blogs with grid, slider, hero, header-footer etc.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP News
Down in the last 7 days:37#10,796by HT Plugins5 months ago
WP News is a elementor 14+ addons, 6+ WordPress Default widgets For WordPress.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 2.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Elementor Post Grid
Up in the last 7 days:217#11,549by themeansar25 days ago
Build News, Magazine and Blog websites with Elementor. Create responsive Post Grids, Featured Posts, Sliders, Carousels, Theme Builder templates and W …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Ajar in5 Embed
Down in the last 7 days:109#12,452by Ajar Productions1 year ago
This plugin lets you insert HTML content exported from InDesign using in5 into a Wordpress post or page.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

SK ePaper Manager
Up in the last 7 days:183#14,807by Shri Kant Gaur1 day ago
SK ePaper Manager makes it easy to publish digital newspapers or magazines on your WordPress site using images or PDF files.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day
ISSUU Magazine Display
Up in the last 7 days:12#15,605by sightfactory10 years ago
This plugin will display up to 30 of your magazines or publications that are hosted on ISSUU using cover images.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rootitr
Down in the last 7 days:150#18,508by Nima Saberi8 years ago
به راحتی زمینههای دلخواه را کنترل، بروزرسانی و فراخوانی کنید ...
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ePaper Lister for Yumpu
#22,079by lemmentwickler7 years ago
Displays your Yumpu Magazines as thumb nails, opens them in fullscreen. Magazines have to be organized in sections.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Editorial Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:1,298#24,993by Owldraft26 days ago
Magazine and news blocks for Gutenberg: post grid, post list, featured posts, hero and authors. Choose a layout instead of building a Query Loop.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Use the Attachment Image!
#25,883by Tom Lany5 years ago
Allows the first attachment image associated with a post to be used in different locations throughout a blog.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Advanced Blog Post Block
Down in the last 7 days:100#30,084by Best WP Developer2 years ago
The advanced blog post block enhances content creation with advanced features, layouts, and customization options for dynamic and engaging blogs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Manage Issue Based Magazine (Multi-language)
Up in the last 7 days:33#31,950by PurpleMAD11 years ago
Transform your website from a boring blog into a mesmerizing magazine in your language.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inlarge
Up in the last 7 days:689#32,499by Kyo Ichida2 months ago
Inline image zoom for WordPress. Enlarges images in place without covering the page, so the surrounding text stays readable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Magazine Edition Control
#40,787by erwinwolff16 years ago
Control the editions of your magazine or just group up the content of your blog. Easy and with no expensive software.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pressroom
Down in the last 7 days:5,657#45,298by theprintlabs11 years ago
Turns WordPress into a multiple channel publishing platform.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Magazine
Down in the last 7 days:4,925#47,592by christofferok13 years ago
A simple Wordpress plugin to create magazine style issues.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Paperlit
Down in the last 7 days:3,276#47,693by paperlit9 years ago
Turns WordPress into a publishing platform.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Auto Columns
Down in the last 7 days:4,813#47,743by Andrey Ovcharov14 years ago
Wrap block of text with shortcode. It will be split into columns. Automagically.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Issue Manager
Down in the last 7 days:759#48,268by Jonathan Brinley17 years ago
Allows an editor to publish an "issue", which is to say, all pending posts with a given category, all at once. Until a category is published …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nemesis All-in-One
Down in the last 7 days:8,681#48,515by fbtemplates2 months ago
The Nemesis All-in-One addon for Elementor is the only one plugin for building blog post pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mailmaga-X
#48,523by xgeek.net13 years ago
Mailmaga-X is a simple and powerful plugin for sending Mail Magazines to your customers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yasothon
#58,178by Wittaya Malaratn7 years ago
Yasothon is a cool plugin for the Pages editor that have many several blocks to custom your homepage. It is easy to use you just add block and select …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Obydullah Magazine Core
#70,066by obydullah19 days ago
Core functionality plugin for the Chronicle Magazine WordPress theme.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Alpsws Flipbook for WooCommerce
#70,450by alpsws4 months ago
Create magazine-style flipbooks, catalogs, brochures, and product presentations for WooCommerce.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Issue2Web
#70,879by Ambition4Clients2 months ago
Turn magazine PDFs into ready-to-publish WordPress content—articles, images, categories and SEO metadata included.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

zinejs Flipbook
Down in the last 7 days:2#71,566by Dipesh Acharya15 days ago
A real page-flip reader for PDFs and images, via a block or the [zinejs] shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Flipable Flipbook
#71,990by flipable11 days ago
Turn PDFs into page-turning flipbooks with Flipable and show them on your site with a block or a shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Legacy MediaTech Newsroom Suite
#74,153by legacymediatech1 month ago
Launch a professional news or magazine website with guided setup, starter content, reading time, and optional news schema.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quovex Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:19,450#74,302by Akshat Saxena24 days ago
Customizable post grid, magazine & featured posts showcase, announcement banner, and post carousel blocks for Gutenberg.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day