Best news feed plugins for WordPress
The most popular news feed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP RSS Aggregator leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of NewsPlugin (400+) and Latest Posts with Restful API (20+). All 7 plugins tagged “News Feed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 news feed plugins
- 1.
WP RSS AggregatorThe most installed news feed plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 565 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
NewsPlugin400+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 7 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.
Latest Posts with Restful API20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 4.
FetchWire20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
WP Author Meta20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 6.
Latest News, Posts, ArticlesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Pressburst News FeedFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “News Feed”
WP RSS Aggregator
Up in the last 7 days:1#835by RebelCode6 days ago
The #1 WordPress RSS aggregator to quickly import RSS feeds, build a news aggregator, and for easy autoblogging.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(565)
- Downloads
- 389/day
NewsPlugin
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,737by newsplugin.com5 years ago
The ultimate FREE news plugin for WordPress. Create custom newsfeeds and watch the fresh relevant news headlines appear on your website.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.3(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Latest Posts with Restful API
Down in the last 7 days:24#27,022by Hadi Akbarijedi4 years ago
A WordPress plugin to get the latest posts in JSON format
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FetchWire
Up in the last 7 days:358#27,293by Kasirye Arthur3 months ago
Pull posts from any WordPress site into 5 beautiful layouts. Works in Elementor and Gutenberg. No plugin needed on the source site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Author Meta
Down in the last 7 days:407#28,239by Nazakat Ali6 years ago
This is a simple plugin that allows you to set author name that appears in facebook news feeds, when someone shares it on facebook.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest News, Posts, Articles
Down in the last 7 days:5,201#65,399by Ferdaus Alom11 months ago
Display responsive latest news, posts, feeds, or articles anywhere on your WordPress site. Easy to use with shortcode support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pressburst News Feed
#73,871by Pressburst Team5 months ago
Provides API access to Pressburst news articles.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day