Snowball
by thomaspark 5 (5 reviews)

Snowball

Snowball makes it easy for journalists and bloggers to create immersive articles using multimedia, data visualizations, and interactive widgets.

Snowball ranks #15,453 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Aug 14, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.2 (Current: 7.1.4)
v0.4.20 Current Version v0.4.20
Updated 7 years ago Last Update on 14 Aug, 2019
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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#15,453
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Active Installs
100+
-30.6%
KW Avg Position
16.5
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Downloads
16.3K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (5 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 36%
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Rank Changes

14,680 15,067 15,453 15,839 16,226 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
15,404 15,510 15,615 15,720 15,826 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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5 reviews
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Plugin Details

Version
0.4.20
Last Updated
Aug 14, 2019
Requires WP
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
5.2
PHP Version
N/A
Author
thomaspark

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Rating
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Reviews
5
Support Threads
0
Resolved
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Snowball is for journalists and bloggers who want to create articles with multimedia and interactive content. It provides a block-based interface with built-in modules and code editing so users don't need to hand-code HTML and CSS for immersive storytelling elements.

  • Block-based article builder
  • Built-in HTML and CSS code editor
  • Text, image, and video blocks
  • Data visualization modules
  • Interactive widget support
  • Table of contents module
  • Contact form module
  • Share buttons module

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Snowball

Within a Snowball article, you can use the following shortcodes to add dynamic text: [title], [author], [date], [url], [blogname], [blogurl].
To apply your own customizations to a block, click the "</>" code button. This will open the block with the code view. In the CSS panel in the bottom right, scroll down and add your own CSS. This CSS will only be applied to this block, not any other blocks in the article.
Click the "gear" settings button in the top right of the article. A "Custom HTML head code" field is available where you can add CSS that's applied to the whole article. Be sure to wrap your CSS in style tags. You can also use this field to add web fonts and scripts to the article.
By default, Snowball articles use the active theme of your WordPress site. However, Snowball works best with the minimal, one-column theme that's included in the plugin. To activate it, click the "gear" settings button in the top right of the article, check the "Use Snowball theme" option, and save the article.
Use a plugin like Simple Post Types Permalinks to modify the default slug.
The Table of Contents block is based on all of the HTML IDs used in an article. You can add an ID to an HTML element within a Text or HTML block, as well as text fields like an Image block's caption, in order to have them listed in a table of contents.
Yes, administrators can create a custom template where they can add their own headers, footers, stylesheets, and scripts. For information on how the template should be formatted and where it should be placed, read the doc Using a Custom Template.
Yes, administrators can create custom modules, which are a bundle of HTML and JavaScript files. For information on how custom modules should be formatted and where they should be placed, read the doc Creating a Custom Module.
Snowball is developed and maintained by the openHTML research team at Drexel University.

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