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Top three WordPress Plugins for News

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Though many of us might not be aware of the name ‘WordPress’ but it is common for the info media related community in Kuwait & across the globe. WordPress is considered as the free & open source application for blog publishing, news & content management.

WordPress itself has such a wonderful structure that in normal circumstances it does not require any sort of plugins. Now before you wonder what plugins are, let me tell you that these are the supports which help your browser perform specific functions apart from viewing graphic formats or running media files.

Here we need to discuss few of the best plugins which will help you in creating news and publishing news and make reach your voice to thousands of customers and prospects across the world.

Some of the best news plugins for WordPress are:
One of the great news plugin is Vertical scroll RSS feed plugin. It will scroll the RSS feed title vertically in site sidebar, admin can add/update the RSS link & style via widget management. Internet connection is required to load third party RSS.It has some great features like Easy installation, Widgets, so you can add pretty much anything and Easy style-override system.

Click on the configure button (small down triangle) for the ‘Scroll RSS Feed’ widget and here you can customize all the Scroll RSS Feed front end styles

Another good news plugin is AWSOM News Announcement. This plugin allows you to post news announcements in the area above your posts (or anywhere else you want) and edit it using the Visual Editor or code editor, all from the WordPress admin area. You can select who sees your posts (only non-registered people, or whatever level of registered user for your site) so you can keep certain things for only people who are members, or you can show ads only to non-registered visitors. You can now also run PHP code from the news area, so audio or video players can now be run without any other plugin. You can now add the news area to a post or page and also run PHP code there. You can set start and end dates for all news posts. The Plugin is now fully XHTML compliant.

Word Service Widget plugin is a great way to share news from other media.This plugin takes news from BBC and feeds to your blog or site. The World Service widget can be added to WordPress theme that supports widgets (most do). It is also available for a number of other platforms, including iGoogle, Facebook, Adobe Air, Mac Dashboard, Vista Sidebar, Opera Widgets and Netvibes. To find out more, click the ‘+’ button in the widget, or visit the BBC World Service Widget home page.