Best main news page scrolling plugins for WordPress
The most popular main news page scrolling plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. News Announcement Scroll leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of News, Magazine and Blog Elements (50+). All 2 plugins tagged “main news page scrolling” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 main news page scrolling plugins
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News Announcement ScrollThe most installed main news page scrolling plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
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News, Magazine and Blog Elements50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 2 plugins tagged “main news page scrolling”

News Announcement Scroll
Up in the last 7 days:4#4,650by storeapps3 years ago
News Announcement Scroll is a simple vertical scroll news widget for your WordPress website. Easy to use & no coding knowledge required.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 17/day

News, Magazine and Blog Elements
Up in the last 7 days:2#20,206by aThemeArt8 years ago
News, Magazine and Blog Elements is shipped as Visual Composer addon , Page builder Widgets, Widgets & Shortcode.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 2.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day