Snowball
Snowball makes it easy for journalists and bloggers to create immersive articles using multimedia, data visualizations, and interactive widgets.
5(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Snowball is a WordPress blog plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle.
5/55 reviews
100active installs
16K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Snowball is a powerful plugin that makes it easy for journalists and bloggers to create modern, immersive articles as seen by world-class news organizations.
Snowball’s user-friendly interface allows you to build your article one content block at a time. Snowball support many different types of content including text, images, videos, data visualizations, and interactive widgets.
For each block, set your own content and style choices. Advanced users can customize a block even further using the built-in code editor to inspect and modify its underlying HTML and CSS code.
Snowball is developed and maintained by the openHTML research team at Drexel University, with the goal of broadening participation and empowering people to be more expressive on the web.
Currently supported modules:
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.4.20
- Remove data logger
Contributors
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