Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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1. ★★★★★ YogieAnamCara

   1.0y ago

   I am just using the free version of the plugin. It does exactly what I was looking for already at the free version. Shortcodes would be something that would let me buy the pro version; however, currently I am satisfied with the basic handling. Although, I wish the series information would be collapsible.

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2. ★★★★★ Nathan Pinno

   1.2y ago

   It has helped me tremendously on my new community website to organize my series, which makes it easier for others to find them and the next post in the series! Thank you for this!

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3. ★★★★★ morgler

   1.2y ago

   It works, but it’s hard to get the styling right. The templates are all html with proprietary css classes in a text box. This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by morgler.

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4. ★★★★★ Tori Chambers

   1.3y ago

   A great app that saved my neck. I wanted to divide my site into chapters. The only thing I could find was an app that hadn’t been updated in six years! No thanks. but this one did the trick, allowing my “novel” to look very professional.

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5. ★★★★★ Mr. Benjamins

   1.4y ago

   A solid 10/10 rating from me. Thank you guys.

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6. ★★★★★ benielt

   1.5y ago

   It’s a very handy tool to organize your post into a series. We use it in the blog part of our university Christian Society website to write and manage series.

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7. ★★★★★ Amy

   1.6y ago

   This works fantastic for my farm & garden website, where I’ve started writing gardening series. Easy 5 stars, doesn’t slow down my pagespeed at all, no conflicts with any other plugins. I do use classic editor and it seems some things, that I don’t appear to need, aren’t available in classic. I haven’t found the limitation to be a problem.

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8. ★★★★★ Luigi

   2.1y ago

   Lo uso nel mio blog per scrivere serie articoli su uno stesso tema e funziona alla grande. Cmq, a mio avviso, potrebbe essere molto utile una funzione di personalizzazione dei template in maniera visuale (ad es. con i blocchi Gutenberg

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

1. Medium · 4.4 Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers <= 2.17.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-08-18 CVE-2026-27365 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.17.0 Patched in 2.17.1

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

Translated into 43 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 19 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2026-04-18 2K+ → 3K+ up after 78 days in tier
3. 2026-01-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 17 days in tier
4. 2026-01-13 2K+ → 3K+ up after 11 days in tier
5. 2026-01-02 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
6. 2025-12-30 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 days in tier
7. 2025-12-26 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-12-25 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier

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).

• SK ePaper Manager 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Paperlit 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Nemesis All-in-One | Newspaper Builder Elementor Extention 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• W WP Auto Columns 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• AF Companion – Starter Sites, Speed Booster & Growth Suite for Professional Publishing 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Magazine Modules Lite 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C

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