Easy way to announce "Breaking News" on your WordPress site.
As of April 2026, WPH Breaking News is a WordPress news plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: XML Sitemap & Google News.
This plugin appends “[Breaking News]” to your post title for a selected time range. That’s all!
When you want to announce “breaking news” on your WordPress sites, generally adding “[Breaking …]” expression to post title than a few hours later you need to update again.
That’s ok, but generally you forgot to update permalink and this is our first problem.
Second, permalinks should be permanent!
This is good for SEO and social sharing.
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
wph_breaking_news_announce_text for changing announcement text addedwph_breaking_news_allowed_post_types for controlling post_typesPlugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.