Breaking News WP
Show in every place your Free and Custom Breaking News Bar
4(4 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Breaking News WP is a WordPress news ticker plugin with 400 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 7.1.16+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Ditty – Responsive News Tickers….
4/54 reviews
400active installs
12K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Breaking News WP allows you to place a custom breaking news bar wherever you like,
and to customize the breaking news bar in various ways, like:
- Dimension of the bar
- Color of the backgrounds
- Color of the title and the news
- Title of the bar
- Number of news to show
- News to show filtered based on the categories of the news
- Possibility to add a custom text
HOW TO USE BREAKING NEWS:
- PHP Code: echo do_shortcode(‘[breaking-news-wp]’);
- Editor: [breaking-news-wp]
FURTHER READING
For more info about the plugin, check out the following link: Breaking News WP Plugin WordPress – Guide to use
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | 7.1.16+ required |
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Changelog
1.2
- Created translations for the option panel
Contributors
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