Steam News Widget
The plugin adds a widget that shows news for selected games.
5(2 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Steam News Widget is a WordPress news plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: XML Sitemap & Google News.
5/52 reviews
20active installs
5.1K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
The plugin adds a widget that shows news for selected games.
Configuration Options
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Steam Game IDs:
Games are referenced by their steam app id.
Just enter a comma-separated list of app ids, like “440, 570, 730” (without quotes).
You can find the full list of steam app ids at http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetAppList/v0002/ . -
Maximum Number of News:
The maximum number of news to show. -
News Length:
It limits the length of shown news. -
HTML Template:
Allows you to define HTML layout of the widget in a way you like.
The news data can be extracted with special tags {{some_news.some_property}}.
Just put those in a right place. The plugin will replace them with actual data.
To iterate through all fetched news use<foreach>tag,
e.g.<foreach iterator="{{news}}"…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.0+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.
Contributors
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