Live News – Responsive News Ticker
by DAEXT · Uncategorized
Also makes 9 other plugins · 28.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Generate a news ticker to communicate the latest updates, including financial news, weather warnings, election results, sports scores, and more.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
2K+
≈2.6K estimated
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “live”, “news” and “news ticker” for “election”, “elections” and “weather warnings”. “live” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “election” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “elections” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news ticker” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “weather warnings” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →13%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 15.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 540 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 540 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| election | #11 | #11 | down 2 |
| weather warnings | #13 | #20 | 0 |
| financial news | #16 | #23 | 0 |
| elections | #11 | #13 | down 2 |
| breaking news your tag | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| live tv | #9 | #16 | 0 |
| digital signage | #14 | #15 | down 2 |
| signage | #16 | #19 | down 1 |
| breaking news ticker | #19 | #21 | 0 |
| live your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news ticker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ticker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “live”, “news” and “news ticker” for “election”, “elections” and “weather warnings”. “live” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “election” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “elections” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news ticker” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “weather warnings” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 711 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.10 · 11 May 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 60% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.10 May 11, 2025 Fixed PHP notice caused by early use of translation functions. Fixed JavaScript deprecation notices for back-end functionality. Resolved CSS style issue. 1.10
- — Version 1.09 October 30, 2024 Major back-end UI update. Refactoring. Tools menu added. Maintenance menu added. Two new plugin options have been added. 1.09
- — Version 1.08 April 8, 2024 Fixed a bug (started with WordPress version 6.5) that prevented the creation of the plugin database tables and the initialization of the plugin options during the plugin activation. 1.08
- — Version 1.07 October 24, 2023 Nonce fields have been added to the “Tickers”, “Featured News”, and “Sliding News” menus. Fixed PHP warnings. General refactoring. The phpcs “WordPress-Core” ruleset has been partially applied to the plu 1.07
- — Version 1.06 August 29, 2023 Minor back-end CSS fixes. Menu footer links added. 1.06
- — Version 1.05 August 03, 2022 The “Cached Cycles” ticker option is now properly used in the front-end scripts. This change solves a bug that prevented the news from being updated at the end of the cycles. The translation functions tex 1.05
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.10). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Generate a news ticker to communicate the latest updates, including financial news, weather warnings, elect..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you want", "suitable for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 15 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,872 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Breaking News" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-10 3K+ → 2K+ down after 313 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 635 days in tier
- 2023-11-05 3K+ → 4K+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2023-10-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-10-16 3K+ → 4K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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- N News Bar Plus 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
- N News Ticker for Elementor 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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MarqueeAll – Elementor Marquee for Image, Text, Post Grid, Testimonial, Cryptocurrency, Faqs & News Ticker 🌀 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
WP Top News — Build a Complete News Portal in WordPress 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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