Best news management plugins for WordPress

The most popular news management plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. News Manager leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of IssueM (600+). All 2 plugins tagged “news management” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 2 news management plugins

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News Manager
The most installed news management plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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IssueM
600+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 13 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.