WP News and Scrolling Widgets
A quick, easy way to add an News custom post type, News widget, vertical scrolling news widget to WordPress. Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block.
4.4(81 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, WP News and Scrolling Widgets is a WordPress wordpress news plugin plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 81 reviews. It has been downloaded 678K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 16% this week. Top alternative: News Announcement Scroll.
4.4/581 reviews
10K+active installs
678K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
✅ Now that you have your website ready then why don’t you download and try out this News and widget plugin to give it better functionality.
By downloading our WordPress news and scrolling widget plugin on your website, you are in a way giving a very professional touch to it. It’s a way to news your company’s standards and position. It not only has news but you can also design and customize it with a brief description as well. Download and try this news and scrolling widget plugin which comes with many other features.
Your customer might like the professional and fancy vibe of your site with news and scrolling widgets.
✅ This plugin displays your news posts using :
- News (1 designs)
- News Widget (1 designs)
- News Scrolling Widget (1 designs)
- News Thumbnail Widget (1 desi…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.481 reviews
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Recent Reviews
No more support, plugin abandoned?
by Pierre236·7 months ago
The support team is no longer responding to questions on the forum; it seems that the plugin has been abandoned.
That’s a shame; we’ll have to find another solution.
good news plugin
by PoppinsDigital.com·2 years ago
Simple to use and it has all you need for news.
Not useful for expected use case.
by mbnownet·2 years ago·1 reply
Did not match expectations.
Keep up the good work!
by flipside37·3 years ago
Great support
Great support
by leakplan·3 years ago
The support is great! And the plugin works just fine.
Download Trends
Today: 42Yesterday: 49This week: 332Period total: 39K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.0
65.0%
Other
29.2%
v4.9
5.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
5.0.6 (17, Nov 2025)
- [*] Fixed code conflict issue affecting widget saving.
Contributors
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