5 Best Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 5 closest alternatives to Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers
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GS Books Showcase
Closest matchGS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress
4.8 (42) 500+ active installsShowcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library plugin for WordPress.
Shares the series tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.7 (22) 1,000+ active installsElevate your church's digital outreach with audio/video sermons, organized speakers, and series management.
Shares the series tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
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Flex Posts – Responsive Posts Block
5.0 (24) 3,000+ active installsShow your posts with thumbnails in flexible, responsive layouts. Works as a sidebar widget or a block in the editor.
Shares the magazine tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (30) 5,000+ active installsUltimate plugin suitable for creating you own newspaper and magazine layouts using Gutenberg and Elementor page builder. Design magazine modules with …
Shares the magazine tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since April 21, 2025.
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AF Companion – Starter Sites, Speed Booster & Growth Suite for Professional Publishing
4.9 (34) 10,000+ active installsOne-Click Starter Sites, Performance Optimization, and Publisher Growth Tools
Shares the magazine tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
Switching from Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers: common questions
What is the best alternative to Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers?
GS Books Showcase is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 500+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers alternative has the most users?
AF Companion, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Are these Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
GS Books Showcase is the closest match to Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers by the data we track, and AF Companion has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Advanced Sermons shipped the most recent release, on August 29, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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