Live News – Real Time News Ticker

Description

Live News displays headlines in continuous horizontal scrolling at the top, footer, or in any area of the site, pulling titles from WordPress itself, external RSS feeds, or from a manually entered list in the panel. Aimed at those who maintain news portals, editorial blogs and online magazines, it works as a real-time ticker, highlighting recent posts, specific categories or urgent notices without reloading the page.

Live News Main Features

• Animated horizontal ticker
  Renders a strip of headlines in continuous movement, with adjustable speed and direction.
• Multiple content sources
  Pulls titles from WordPress posts, external RSS feeds, or items manually entered in the panel.
• Filtering by category and quantity
  Allows choosing specific categories and limiting how many recent posts enter the ticker.
• Flexible positioning
  Inserts the ticker via shortcode [live-news], sidebar widget or fixed at the top of the page.
• Visual customization
  Adjusts background colors, typography, category icons and “breaking news” label through the admin panel.

Benefits of Live News

• Real-time engagement
  Keeps the reader informed about new publications without needing to refresh the page.
• Highlight for urgent news
  Places breaking news in high visibility position, at the top of the home page.
• Automatic feed update
  Reduces editorial work by pulling headlines directly from the database of already published posts.
• Portal visual identity
  Gives the site the professional aesthetics typical of major online news outlets.

Who Should Use Live News?

• Those who publish news daily in an editorial portal or online magazine.
• Aimed at niche blogs that want to highlight recent headlines on the home page.
• Sports, politics or entertainment sites that need to communicate breaking news as they happen.
• Those who aggregate content from external RSS feeds and want to display a dynamic summary to visitors.

How to Download Live News

Live News is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install in Plugins > Add New > Upload plugin, select the .zip and activate. After activation, the ticker can be configured in a new dedicated menu in the panel and inserted on pages through the corresponding shortcode.

Combining animated ticker, RSS feed reading and native integration with WordPress posts, Live News transforms the site’s top bar into a live update channel. It’s an objective choice for those who want to deliver a real-time journalism feel, keeping the visitor longer on the page with new headlines passing before their eyes every moment.

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