A simple breaking news bar that monitors a chosen category and is displayed via a shortcode.
As of April 2026, Breaking Bar is a WordPress news plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: XML Sitemap & Google News.
Breaking Bar is a simple plugin which monitors any chosen category for posts. If there are posts in that category,
the plugin displays (via the [breaking-bar] shortcode) a prominent bar with the latest post from that category.
If there are no posts in the chosen category, Breaking Bar stays hidden. Once the shortcode is in place, this allows
editors and authors to add posts to the Breaking Bar simply by properly categorizing the post.
Current options include:
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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