Best news ticker plugins for WordPress
The most popular news ticker plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ditty leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of EleSpare (10K+) and T4B News Ticker (7K+). All 55 plugins tagged “news ticker” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 news ticker plugins
- 1.
DittyThe most installed news ticker plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 106 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
EleSpare10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 44 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
T4B News Ticker7K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 16 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 4.
Marquee Running Text5K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 5 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 5.
Vertical News Scroller5K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 17 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
News Ticker Widget for Elementor4K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
PJ News Ticker3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.0.
- 8.
Live News2K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Advanced Marquee Effect for Elementor2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 6 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 10.
News Ticker for Elementor2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 40 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 55 plugins tagged “news ticker”
Ditty
Down in the last 7 days:2#969by metaphorcreations6 days ago
Ditty offers a range of content display options, including its signature news ticker and customizable layouts.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(106)
- Downloads
- 371/day
EleSpare
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,933by Elespare3 days ago
Lightweight Elementor addon for news, blog & magazine sites with post grids, sliders, tickers, template kits & custom header footer builder.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(44)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day
T4B News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,669by Realwebcare5 months ago
Display breaking news, trending posts, or custom text with this fast WordPress news ticker plugin. Grab attention using 4 scrolling animations.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.5(16)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Marquee Running Text
Up in the last 7 days:11#2,925by Bongdevs5 days ago
Smooth, accessible scrolling announcement bars and news tickers for your header, footer or any page. Live preview, block and Elementor widget.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 105/day
Vertical News Scroller
Up in the last 7 days:8#3,168by Nks2 months ago
Vertical News Scroller turns any sidebar, footer, or page section into a live scrolling news ticker - no coding required. Add unlimited news items, ch …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(17)
- Downloads
- 35/day
News Ticker Widget for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,384by Aezaz Shaikh11 months ago
News ticker widget for elementor helps you showcase your latest news/posts in a marquee or slider format.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 23/day
PJ News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:21#4,045by Primitiv Media1 year ago
PJ News Ticker is a small plugin that shows your most recent posts in a marquee style.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Live News
Down in the last 7 days:42#4,448by DAEXT1 year ago
Generate a news ticker to communicate the latest updates, including financial news, weather warnings, election results, sports scores, and more.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 16/day
Advanced Marquee Effect for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,591by mdashikul3 months ago
Create smooth Elementor marquee sliders, logo marquees, news tickers, image box & icon box, post scrollers, testimonials & WooCommerce marquees.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day
News Ticker for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,863by Plugin Devs5 months ago
News icker for Elementor lets you add news ticker with the Elementor Page builder.You can use any of your blog post as news ticker.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(40)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simple Posts Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,075by Sayan Datta3 years ago
The Simple Posts Ticker plugin is a small tool that shows your most recent posts in a marquee style.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(22)
- Downloads
- 12/day
MarqueeAll
Up in the last 7 days:30#5,443by Aman Brar2 months ago
All-in-one Elementor marquee addon for scrolling text, images, posts, testimonials, cryptocurrency price ticker, and news ticker widgets.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
news ticker benaceur
Up in the last 7 days:9#6,510by Benaceur11 months ago
This plugin allow you to display the latest posts or latest comments in a bar with twenty seven beautiful animations and effects...
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 11/day
MarqueeX
Up in the last 7 days:91#7,051by WPXERO1 month ago
Add a marquee, news ticker, logo carousel or scrolling post slider in Elementor or the block editor. 8 widgets, 5 blocks, lightweight CSS animation.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Top News
Down in the last 7 days:15#7,570by Hossni Mubarak12 days ago
Build a WordPress news portal with beautiful news layouts, breaking news tickers, featured sliders, and homepage hero sections.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Gutenverse News
Down in the last 7 days:25#7,606by Jegstudio2 months ago
Build news websites, blog and magazine layouts with WordPress news blocks, post grids, post sliders, archive blocks, and a news ticker.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 18/day
News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:116#15,441by A WP Life2 months ago
A high-performance floating news ticker for WordPress featuring smooth CSS animations, a modern React dashboard, and complete customization.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
OXP Breaking News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:459#15,679by Oxypage.com28 days ago
Scrolling news ticker for WordPress. Build a breaking news bar from your posts or your own headlines, then place it with a block or a shortcode.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Latest Simple News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:120#18,705by rostomali9 years ago
This plugin help you to view the latest posts or page on your website.This plugin also have three type of animation such as Fade Effects,Slide Effects …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPYog News
Up in the last 7 days:23#19,056by WPYog1 month ago
Create modern news sections, announcements, and article showcases with List, Card, Carousel, and Ticker displays — all without coding.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fast News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:193#20,768by Eniverse2 years ago
This plugin will allow you to place scrolling text.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FYP News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:23#20,820by François Yerg2 months ago
Grab attention with scrolling news banners. 3 professional templates, drag-and-drop builder, scheduled announcements. No coding needed.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Headline Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:63#22,799by Hasibul Islam Badsha6 months ago
News Headline Ticker is best wordpress plugin to display breaking news or news ticker at your website!
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Ticker for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:22#23,452by DevofWP1 year ago
Advanced News Ticker offers 8 customizable layouts to display news, headlines, and breaking news, fully integrated with Elementor.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Redefined Zero Post Scrollers
#29,187by Reza Hossain Farukh4 months ago
Create stunning horizontal or vertical scrolling news tickers from WordPress posts using a simple shortcode. Lightweight, customizable, easy to use.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ember News Ticker & Scrolling Text
#29,811by ember26 days ago
Create a WordPress news ticker with scrolling text, latest posts and custom messages. Use a block, shortcode, Elementor widget or top/bottom bar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest News Marquee
Down in the last 7 days:275#30,198by Hizbul Bahar11 years ago
Plugin for displaying latest news from two famous Bangladeshi news paper Daily Prothom Alo & Daily Star.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Post Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:466#32,453by WebSPI9 years ago
Creates an easy to use post ticker that slides through the selected posts via shortcode and widget area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nice Latest News Ticker
#33,943by Nayeem Hyder7 years ago
A Nice Breaking News or News Slideshow plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Indesign Text Marquee
#34,321by InDesign Media2 months ago
Endless text marquee for WordPress. 32 ready-made templates, live preview in the admin, no jQuery on the frontend.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SM News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:3,296#37,595by Mahabubur Rahman10 years ago
The SM News Tickr is a wordpress plugin to show post as Jquery News Ticker. It is a very nice Ticker. jQuery News Ticker used to show the letest or im …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advance News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:4,086#38,333by Md Abunaser Khan8 years ago
Provides flexible and advance news ticker. Display it via shortcode and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Ticker Anywhere
Down in the last 7 days:3,552#38,515by mrlonganh4 years ago
This plugin will create news/ticker Anywhere where you want show Popup
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mam News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:1,307#40,508by mamun_khan10101012 years ago
Mam News Ticker is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lazy News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:4,695#41,581by raselahmed712 years ago
Lazy News Ticker is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CTicker
#42,955by Sayfur Rahman11 years ago
CTicker is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your WordPress website which allow you to show your Post or News as a Ticker.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
news ticker
Down in the last 7 days:10,016#44,511by Sohelwpexpert9 years ago
This is news ticker wordpress plugin. By using a simple shortcode easily can use awesome news ticker in your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jeba news ticker
#45,368by Md Jahed11 years ago
This is Jeba news ticker wordpress plugin. By using a simple shortcode easily can use awesome news ticker in your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Muizz Newsticker
Down in the last 7 days:8,308#45,559by porosh9 years ago
A wordpress plugin which gives you ability to add news ticker.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Bar Plus
Down in the last 7 days:6,135#46,290by Vova14 years ago
News bar with latest tweets or posts from specified blog category. Extended version.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Synchronise News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:573#47,106by Mohammad Jahidul Alam Rudro10 years ago
Synchronise News Ticker is a lightweight plugin used to animating a simple news ticker.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bytecoder News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:10,366#47,957by Sayfur Rahman12 years ago
Bytecoder News Ticker is an awesome, super lightweight plugin for your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shif News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:13,452#55,518by Shifkat Ahamed Siddiqui5 months ago
A premium-grade, hardware-accelerated scrolling news ticker that pulls post titles automatically from any selected WordPress category.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ribbonfly Marquee
#62,758by WeCode27 days ago
Scrolling text, logos, quotes and a news ticker as blocks and Elementor widgets, with a real Pause button and no gaps in the loop.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ticker Pro
#63,429by Md Miraj Khan9 years ago
Ticker Pro probably the simplest and lightweight ticker in the world. Which display your ticker ony any page or post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Digital Advisors News Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:13,068#64,365by digitaladvisors17 days ago
Scroll your latest posts and short announcements in a bar across your site, or place a ticker inside any page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ten News Ticker
Up in the last 7 days:2,379#66,104by Anton1 year ago
Customizable WordPress news ticker with 10 themes and multiple animations to dynamically display recent posts from any category.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Breaking News Posts
#67,432by dimandu6 years ago
The Breaking News Posts plugin allow you to display a slider with break news links right after your navigation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Ticker by minhaj
Down in the last 7 days:8,079#67,729by minhazur8 years ago
Shortcorde 1. General ticker [ticker_list id="1"] speed change [ticker_list id="2" speed="1000" ] 3.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aidsys Latest News
#68,296by Jomon Thomas Lobo2 years ago
Display the latest news articles on your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day