Best news headlines plugins for WordPress

The most popular news headlines plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. News Ticker Widget for Elementor leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of PJ News Ticker (3K+) and Simple Posts Ticker (1K+). All 9 plugins tagged “News Headlines” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 9 news headlines plugins

1.
News Ticker Widget for Elementor
The most installed news headlines plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
2.
PJ News Ticker
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.0.
3.
Simple Posts Ticker
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
4.
Guardian News Headlines
20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
5.
Mam News Ticker
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
6.
Lazy News Ticker
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
7.
Times of india news headlines
10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
8.
Bytecoder News Ticker
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
9.
News Ticker by minhaj
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.