Live News
Live News – Responsive News Ticker
by DAEXT · WordPress.org page
Live News has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 14,788 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 11, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.
Live News at a glance
Is Live News well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Automatically generate news based on the posts
- Automatically generate the news based on a specified RSS feed (E.g., Your own RSS feed, the RSS feed of a tv channel, the RSS feed of a radio station.)
- Control the speed and the delay of the sliding news with advanced options of the news ticker
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Details
Generate a news ticker to communicate the latest updates, including financial news, weather warnings, election results, sports scores, and more.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- Breaking News
- live
- news
- news ticker
- ticker
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- Version
- 1.10
- Last updated
- May 11, 2025
- First published
- May 6, 2021
- Requires WordPress
- 5.0
- Tested up to
- 6.8.8
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- Pricing
- Free, paid version available
Live News FAQ
What does Live News do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Live News offers Automatically generate news based on the posts, Automatically generate the news based on a specified RSS feed (E.g., Your own RSS feed, the RSS feed of a tv channel, the RSS feed of a radio station.) and Control the speed and the delay of the sliding news with advanced options of the news ticker.
How many active installs does Live News have?
WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs for Live News as of September 7, 2026.
Is Live News still maintained?
The last release was on May 11, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Live News free?
Live News is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.