WP Top News — Build a Complete News Portal in WordPress
by Hossni Mubarak · Uncategorized
Also makes 13 other plugins · 6.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Build a WordPress news portal with beautiful news layouts, breaking news tickers, featured sliders, and homepage hero sections.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 88/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈850 estimated
Momentum
+28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 60/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
88 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 37.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 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.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
30%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| news portal your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| news list your tag | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| awesome news ticker | #1 | #2 | up 1 |
| news headlines | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| news grid your tag | #4 | #9 | up 14 |
| politics | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| breaking news | #4 | #7 | down 1 |
| news your tag | #5 | #13 | up 2 |
| portal | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| breaking news ticker | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| news ticker your tag | #8 | #12 | up 1 |
| vertical news ticker | #3 | #7 | up 3 |
| wordpress news | #9 | #24 | 0 |
| top list | #4 | #13 | 0 |
| wp news ticker | #4 | #9 | — |
| latest news | #8 | #18 | up 2 |
| news api | #8 | #11 | up 7 |
| wordpress news ticker | #5 | #9 | up 8 |
| complete | #17 | #22 | 0 |
| news news box | #6 | #11 | — |
184 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 137 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “breaking news”, “portal” and “news api” (#4, #5 and #8 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v2.4.4 · 11 Aug 2026
27
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Jan 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dvalverdeb3.4y ago
Good plugin with perfect customer service easy to contact and fast to answer!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ giftyamoah3153.8y ago
I used their live chat on demo website and i was quickly helped with my issue. plugin works well too.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Syborg4.0y ago
Plugin looks great with no functionality issues. Really like the new pagination feature. Great support help as well. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Syborg.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thedailymock4.1y ago
it will not generator or load new post. its 4 days behind. sad.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ huellas34.6y ago
es un muy buen complemento y el soporte es rapido y efectivo. Lo recomiendo!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Henry Nama6.3y ago
I would like to give the author of this plugin a thumbs up for doing such an amazing work. I only wish it was visible in the widgets area though…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mankindway7.0y ago
so nice work easy to use
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.4.4). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ↗2026-04-30 CVE-2024-13362 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.4.1 Patched in 2.4.3
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.
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.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names WP Top News when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- RSS feeds
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Build a WordPress news portal with beautiful news layouts, breaking news tickers, featured sliders, and hom..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("whether you are"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 13 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,384 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "news grid", "News list" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-28 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 800+ → 900+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 900+ → 800+ down after 431 days in tier
- 2024-11-18 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-16 900+ → 800+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-11-12 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-11 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-10 800+ → 900+ up after 327 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).
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Live News – Responsive News Ticker 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Gutenverse News – News Blocks for Blog & Magazine Sites 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Fast News Ticker 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - N News Bar Plus 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Muizz Newsticker 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - A Aidsys Latest News — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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