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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 4.7.38

Posts News Ticker

For backwards compatibility, if this section is missing, the full length of the short description will be used, and Markdown parsed.

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d61▲ +7% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score30/100At risk
All-time downloads3.8KSince Jan 2017
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.6PHP any
Downloads · 7d11▼ -8.3% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Posts News Ticker shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 9 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.7 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

134Jul 16Aug 29Oct 13
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day11May 5, 2026
Last 12 months564

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Posts News Ticker stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
blog >100 10,000 Best blog plugins →
news >100 10,000 Best news plugins →
newsticker #7 14 Best newsticker plugins →
posts >100 10,000 Best posts plugins →
rotate >100 851 Best rotate plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Posts News Ticker

From the official readme · v1.0.0

Description

Show Latest posts news ticker at bottom…

For backwards compatibility, if this section is missing, the full length of the short description will be used, and
Markdown parsed.

A few notes about the sections above:

  • “Contributors” is a comma separated list of wordpress.org usernames
  • “Tags” is a comma separated list of tags that apply to the plugin
  • “Requires at least” is the lowest version that the plugin will work on
  • “Tested up to” is the highest version that you’ve successfully used to test the plugin. Note that it might work on
    higher versions… this is just the highest one you’ve verified.
  • Stable tag should indicate the Subversion “tag” of the latest stable version, or “trunk,” if you use /trunk/ for
    stable.

    Note that the readme.txt of the stable tag is the one that is considered the defining one for the plugin, so
    if the /trunk/readme.txt file says that the stable tag is 4.3, then it is /tags/4.3/readme.txt that’ll be used
    for displaying information about the plugin. In this situation, the only thing considered from the trunk readme.txt
    is the stable tag pointer. Thus, if you develop in trunk, you can update the trunk readme.txt to reflect changes in
    your in-development version, without having that information incorrectly disclosed about the current stable version
    that lacks those changes — as long as the trunk’s readme.txt points to the correct stable tag.

    If no stable tag is provided, it is assumed that trunk is stable, but you should specify “trunk” if that’s where
    you put the stable version, in order to eliminate any doubt.

Arbitrary section

You may provide arbitrary sections, in the same format as the ones above. This may be of use for extremely complicated
plugins where more information needs to be conveyed that doesn’t fit into the categories of “description” or
“installation.” Arbitrary sections will be shown below the built-in sections outlined above.

A brief Markdown Example

Ordered list:

  1. 10 Latest Blog posts
  2. Rotating text
  3. Current time

Here’s a link to WordPress and one to Markdown’s Syntax Documentation.
Titles are optional, naturally.

Markdown uses email style notation for blockquotes and I’ve been told:

Asterisks for emphasis. Double it up for strong.

<?php code(); // goes in backticks ?>

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Changelog

Upgrade notices describe the reason a user should upgrade. No more than 300 characters.

1.0

  • A change since the previous version.
  • Another change.

0.5

  • List versions from most recent at top to oldest at bottom.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

For developers

Is this your plugin? Show off the numbers.

Add a live badge to your site, docs or GitHub README. It updates on its own — no account needed.

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FAQ

Posts News Ticker: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 14, 2026

Is Posts News Ticker free?

Yes. Posts News Ticker is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Posts News Ticker safe to use in 2026?

Posts News Ticker shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Posts News Ticker?

Posts News Ticker is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,832 times since it launched in January 2017. It was downloaded 61 times in the last 30 days.

Does Posts News Ticker work with WordPress 7.1?

Posts News Ticker is officially tested up to WordPress 4.7.38, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Posts News Ticker last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on January 22, 2017 (10 years ago).

Who makes Posts News Ticker?

Posts News Ticker is developed and maintained by hamzarauf.

What are the best alternatives to Posts News Ticker?

The most popular alternatives to Posts News Ticker are SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (400K+ installs), All In One Favicon (60K+ installs) and Gum Addon for Elementor (50K+ installs).

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