Best newspaper plugins for WordPress
The most popular newspaper plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Print Bangla News (2K+) and Featured Post Widget (300+). All 18 plugins tagged “newspaper” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 newspaper plugins
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Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, WritersThe most installed newspaper plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 73 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Print Bangla News2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
Featured Post Widget300+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.
Printable PDF Newspaper100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
SK ePaper Manager100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 day ago.
- 6.
Advanced Featured Post Widget100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Featured Category Widget100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Category Column20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Advanced Category Column20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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A5 Recent Post Widget10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 18 plugins tagged “newspaper”

Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers
Down in the last 7 days:6#4,362by PublishPress13 days ago
Organize posts into issues or a series. Ideal for magazines, newspapers, teachers, comic artists, and anyone writing multi-part articles.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(73)
- Downloads
- 69/day

Print Bangla News
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,665by Synthia Soft3 years ago
A large number of Bangladeshi news portal is developed using WordPress CMS. They don't have any developers. This plugin is Made for those, who wa …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Featured Post Widget
Up in the last 7 days:9#10,714by tepelstreel10 years ago
With the Featured Post Widget you can put a certain post in the focus and style it differently.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Printable PDF Newspaper
Down in the last 7 days:283#14,233by Chris Hardie2 years ago
Generates a printable PDF newspaper from post content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SK ePaper Manager
Up in the last 7 days:183#14,807by Shri Kant Gaur1 day ago
SK ePaper Manager makes it easy to publish digital newspapers or magazines on your WordPress site using images or PDF files.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Advanced Featured Post Widget
Up in the last 7 days:11#15,338by tepelstreel10 years ago
With the Advanced Featured Post Widget you can put a certain post (or post type) in the focus and style it differently.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Featured Category Widget
Up in the last 7 days:52#15,510by tepelstreel10 years ago
The Featured Category Widget is basically a Featured Post Widget for a category.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Category Column
#27,264by tepelstreel10 years ago
The Category Column does simply, what the name says; it will show excerpts of the latest posts in your sidebar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Category Column
Up in the last 7 days:255#27,526by tepelstreel10 years ago
The Advanced Category Column is a very customizable multi-widget for your sidebar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

A5 Recent Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4,920#43,356by tepelstreel10 years ago
With the A5 Recent Post Widget you can put your latest post in the focus and style it differently.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pressroom
Down in the last 7 days:5,657#45,298by theprintlabs11 years ago
Turns WordPress into a multiple channel publishing platform.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Paperlit
Down in the last 7 days:3,276#47,693by paperlit9 years ago
Turns WordPress into a publishing platform.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Auto Columns
Down in the last 7 days:4,813#47,743by Andrey Ovcharov14 years ago
Wrap block of text with shortcode. It will be split into columns. Automagically.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Make PDF Newspaper
#48,479by mhawksey16 years ago
'Make PDF Newspaper' uses Five Filters PDF Newspaper to create printer friendly 'tabloid' edition of your Wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nemesis All-in-One
Down in the last 7 days:8,681#48,515by fbtemplates2 months ago
The Nemesis All-in-One addon for Elementor is the only one plugin for building blog post pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Press Review
Up in the last 7 days:7,879#52,209by dariodda2 months ago
Generate a daily PDF press review from WordPress posts with a clickable first-page index and full articles on separate pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Aceprensa posts
Down in the last 7 days:3,377#59,101by aceprensa1 year ago
Obtén en tu sitio web los últimos artículos publicados en el portal web de Aceprensa, medio de comunicación especializado en artículos de análisis.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day