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News Ticker Widget for Elementor

by Aezaz Shaikh · Page Builders

Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

News ticker widget for elementor helps you showcase your latest news/posts in a marquee or slider format.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
74 Health · B
Maintenance 77/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

74 health vs 69 average across 1,268 Page Builders plugins

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 86/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 56/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26% vs prior 30d
23Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

514

now · peak 2.3K

51430d downloads · Aug 26

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

News Ticker Widget f · #3377 you PJ News Ticker · #3991 Simple Posts Ticker · #5076 Ditty · #960

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4Stars · Aug 26

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.

129per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.3 95%
Older / other versions 4.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,420 observations

4KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.3.7
Last updated
9mo ago
Added
2019-12-27 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

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  1. yousuf234258
    3.0y ago

    Awesome plugin working good with my Elementor plugin .Thanks

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  2. k-konzept
    3.7y ago

    <!– wp:paragraph –> <p>It’s eight months since the last update, but it’s running fine here with Elementor 3.9 under WP 6.1</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p>Would give five stars if updated for compatibility checks.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by k-konzept.

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  3. omermustafa
    4.4y ago

    The plugin stopped working after the latest update of elementor 3.6.1

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  4. the masked cat
    4.9y ago

    I am using this in my website. Works and has cool design.

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  5. be_pe
    6.1y ago

    Simple and effective. Works perfectly for me.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.3.7 Compatibility with latest Elementor plugin and latest WordPress 1.3.7
  2. Version 1.3.6 Fixed security warnings Compatibility with latest Elementor plugin and latest WordPress 1.3.6
  3. Version 1.3.5 Compatibility with latest Elementor plugin and latest WordPress 1.3.5
  4. Version 1.3.4 Compatibility with latest Elementor plugin Minor fixes 1.3.4
  5. Version 1.3.3 Compatibility with latest Elementor plugin and Fixed fatal error Compatibility with latest WordPress Minor fixes 1.3.3
  6. Version 1.3.2 Minor fixes 1.3.2

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2025-01-07 CVE-2025-22812 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.2 Patched in 1.3.3

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Swedish 95%
Gujarati 47%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-02-19 3K+ → 4K+ up after 308 days in tier
  2. 2024-04-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 291 days in tier
  3. 2023-07-01 1K+ → 2K+ up

Competes with

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News Ticker Widget for Elementor: 4K+ active installs, 4.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/news-ticker-widget-for-elementor