Best news plugins for WordPress
The most popular news plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NewsPlugin leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of News (100+) and MJ news plugin (20+). All 4 plugins tagged “news plugin” 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 4 news plugins
- 1.
NewsPluginThe most installed news plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 7 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 2.
News100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
MJ news plugin20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Custom News Widget10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 4 plugins tagged “news plugin”
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
News
Down in the last 7 days:27#14,422by smplug-in4 years ago
This plugin will show latest news from Mashable
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
MJ news plugin
Up in the last 7 days:1#25,507by anildhiman14 years ago
MJ news plugin news plugin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom News Widget
Down in the last 7 days:88#29,467by sujitkumar878 years ago
Creates a widget which renders posts from News post type.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day