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by James Piggot 5 (1 reviews)

Latest News

This WordPress plugin provides facilities to write Latest News items as custom posts and then to output them using template tags.

Latest News ranks #16,065 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Feb 20, 2011. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3 (Current: 7.1)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 15 years ago Last Update on 20 Feb, 2011
Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Rank
#16,065
+25 this week
Active Installs
100+
-20%
KW Avg Position
N/A
No change
Downloads
17.9K
+3 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 23%
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Growth Needed
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Active Installs
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Rank Changes

16,045 16,058 16,071 16,083 16,096 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026
16,044 16,060 16,076 16,091 16,107 02-09-2026 03-09-2026 04-09-2026 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
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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

0 10 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026
0 10 02-09-2026 03-09-2026 04-09-2026 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
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Reviews & Ratings

5.0
1 reviews
Overall 100%
5
1 (100%)
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3
0 (0%)
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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version
trunk
Last Updated
Feb 20, 2011
Requires WP
3.0.4+
Tested Up To
3
PHP Version
N/A
Author
James Piggot

Support & Rating

Rating
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Reviews
1
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to publish news updates on their site. It solves the problem of managing and displaying news items by letting users create them as custom posts and output them via template tags.

  • Custom post type for news
  • Admin menu item for Latest News
  • Category and tag support
  • Sidebar list template tag
  • Links posts to news items
  • Full news post output template tag
  • Homepage or custom news page display

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Latest News

Latest News has 100+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Latest News holds a 5 out of 5 star rating based on 1 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Latest News is developed by James Piggot and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Latest News requires WordPress 3.0.4 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 3.
Latest News has been downloaded 17,943+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Latest News is trunk. It was last updated on February 20, 2011.
Yes. Latest News is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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