Web Stories
Web Stories are a visual storytelling format for the open web which immerses your readers in fast-loading, full-screen, and visually rich experiences.
4.2(85 reviews)
·70K+ active installs·Updated 10 months agoAs of April 2026, Web Stories is a WordPress amp plugin with 70K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 85 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Downloads are down 10% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: AMP.
4.2/585 reviews
70K+active installs
100%resolved
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
Web Stories are a free, open-web, visual storytelling format for the web, enabling you to easily create visual narratives with engaging animations and tappable interactions, and immerse your readers in great and fast-loading full-screen experiences.
Benefits of Web Stories
The Web Stories format puts features and capabilities at your fingertips to engage with your audience via the power of storytelling on the open web. Specifically, you can:
- Create beautiful and engaging content easily: Web Stories make the production of stories as easy as possible from a technical perspective.
- Enjoy creative flexibility for editorial freedom and branding: The Web Stories format comes with preset but flexible layout templates, standardized UI controls, and components for sharing and adding follow-on con…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Expected a bit more from Google…
by Mr Bachelor emgi·5 months ago
The plugin is great… But the plugin does not have mobile design. You cant make new stories by your phone. You must use either PC or tablet.
Close button
by alivanaee·6 months ago·2 replies
Hello! I’m experiencing an issue with the close button in the web stories.
Observation:
During the initial page load, the close button is visible. However, once the page fully loads, the close button disappears.
Suspected Cause:
It appears that a CSS class, likely i-amphtml-story-ui-hide-button or a similar class that applies display: none or visibility: hidden, is being dynamically added to the close button element (.i-amphtml-story-close-control) after the initial load.
Testing:
I’ve tested this on a fresh WordPress installation with only your plugin activated, and the issue occurs there as well. Initially, the button shows correctly, but after some time or after the story fully loads, it becomes hidden.
Suggestion:
Could you please investigate why the i-amphtml-story-ui-hide-button (or a similar hiding class) is being applied to the close button and potentially remove or prevent this class from being added, especially in scenarios where the user might want immediate access to close the story?
Thank you for your work on this plugin!
Categories Filter and More
by mastcomm·7 months ago
This Plugin will be better If Categories Filter is added on the shortcode, and also More button on the bottom to check on older stories.
Great plugin
by romanaft·1 year ago·1 reply
Great plugin which brings the stories like navigation to WordPress in a few easy steps. The interface and user experience is unique. The way it adjusts the image to fit it without stretching it is amazing.
I have a small issue on my mobile, where I can not scroll when moving my thumb over the stories, a little issue that harms the visitor user experience.
Suggestion 1: It would be nice to have stories categories just like Instagram.
Suggestion 2: Use vertical videos from Youtube.
Good Plugin
by Diego Bittencourt·1 year ago
The plugin has a great UI just like a Studio, State of Art Development in WordPress. I’d prefer to use JetPack Stories Block to support WordPress ecosystem, but after getting Json error trying to use it, I tried the one developed by Google.
Download Trends
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.42
73.7%
Other
26.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
For the plugin’s full changelog, please see the Releases page on GitHub.
1.42.0
- Enhancement: raises minimum WordPress version to 6.6.
- Enhancement: updated list of available Google Fonts.
- Fixed: resolved issue with lightbox when using shortcode.
Contributors
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