Message Flow generates a CoverFlow-like interface for your blog posts.
As of April 2026, Message Flow is a WordPress rss plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: RSS Importer.
Message Flow provides you with a shortcode you can use on your posts and pages to display your posts in a JavaScript widget powered by ContentFlow.
It even supports podcast integration with PowerPress and external podcast feeds.
Show the ten latest posts:
[message_flow]
Show the ten latest podcast episodes:
[message_flow podcasts_only=”true”]
Show the five latest posts from category number 11:
[message_flow numberposts=”5″ category=”11″]
Show the three latest posts from an external feed:
[message_flow numberposts=”3″ feed=”http://example.com/feed.rss”]
Disable excerpts:
[message_flow show_excerpt=”false”]
Default parameters:
[message_flow numberposts=”10″ category=”̶…
| WordPress | 2.0.2+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
message_flow.message-flow still supported, but keep in mind message_flow is preferred. Shortcodes with dashes also match shortcodes before the slash, e.g. message is also a shortcode when dash is present. Underscore does not have this problem.Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.