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Breaking News WP
by doit 4 (4 reviews)

Breaking News WP

Show in every place your Free and Custom Breaking News Bar

Breaking News WP ranks #10,266 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, a 4/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Jul 29, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.2 (Current: 7.1.1)
v1.3 Current Version v1.3
Updated 7 years ago Last Update on 29 Jul, 2019
Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Rank
#10,266
— No change
Active Installs
400+
-0.5%
KW Avg Position
141.4
— No change
Downloads
12.8K
+3 today
Support Resolved
0%
— No change
Rating
80%
Review 4 out of 5
4 (4 reviews)

Next Milestone 500

Total Progress 2%
400+ 500+
1,159
Ranks to Climb
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Growth Needed
8,000,000
Active Installs
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Rank Changes

9,753 10,009 10,266 10,523 10,779 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026
9,753 10,009 10,266 10,523 10,779 05-09-2026 06-09-2026 07-09-2026 08-09-2026 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026
Current #10,266
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

0 10 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026
0 10 05-09-2026 06-09-2026 07-09-2026 08-09-2026 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026
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Reviews & Ratings

4.0
4 reviews
Overall 80%
5
3 (75%)
4
0 (0%)
3
0 (0%)
2
0 (0%)
1
1 (25%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

  1. UNPATCHED

    Breaking News WP [breaking-news-wp] <= 1.3 (unfixed + closed)

    CVE-2026-4280 · No fix released

  2. UNPATCHED

    Breaking News WP [breaking-news-wp] <= 1.3 (unfixed + closed)

    CVE-2025-31750 · No fix released

  3. UNPATCHED

    Breaking News WP [breaking-news-wp] <= 1.3 (unfixed + closed)

    CVE-2025-31751 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version
1.3
Last Updated
Jul 29, 2019
Requires WP
4.8+
Tested Up To
5.2
PHP Version
7.1.16 or higher
Author
doit

Support & Rating

Rating
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews
4
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display a breaking news bar on their site. It solves the problem of announcing time-sensitive news by letting users customize and place a filterable breaking news bar anywhere on the site.

  • Customizable bar dimensions
  • Custom background color
  • Custom title and news text color
  • Custom bar title
  • Configurable number of news items
  • Filter news by category
  • Add custom text
  • Shortcode support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Breaking News WP

Breaking News WP has 400+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Breaking News WP holds a 4 out of 5 star rating based on 4 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Breaking News WP is developed by doit and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Breaking News WP requires WordPress 4.8 or higher, is tested up to WordPress 5.2 and needs PHP 7.1.16 or newer.
Breaking News WP has been downloaded 12,795+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Breaking News WP is 1.3. It was last updated on July 29, 2019.
Yes. Breaking News WP is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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