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.
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Security History
Source: WPVulnerability3 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago
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UNPATCHED
Breaking News WP [breaking-news-wp] <= 1.3 (unfixed + closed)
CVE-2026-4280 · No fix released
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UNPATCHED
Breaking News WP [breaking-news-wp] <= 1.3 (unfixed + closed)
CVE-2025-31750 · No fix released
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UNPATCHED
Breaking News WP [breaking-news-wp] <= 1.3 (unfixed + closed)
CVE-2025-31751 · No fix released
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- 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%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis 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
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