Welcome to Plugged In, where we take a look at some of the most popular WordPress plugins in various categories. This week, we look into the best plugins for turning your WordPress blog into a full-fledged news source. (For more information on WordPress plugins, download our ultimate guide.)
Looking to take your site to the next level and provide readers with insightful, newsworthy content? There are many ways to do it, yet common characteristics of a successful news site include great readability, compatible mobile versions, and active social media accounts that keep readers informed.
Here are just a few news plugins we’ve compiled from the WordPress Plugin Repository.
IssueM
IssueM is great for news sites that not only want to create content, but publish issues as well. The plugin works with any theme, yet is specifically catered to the zeen101 theme. The highlighted features of this plugin include simple ways to charge readers for a subscription using UniPress, which brings your issues to your smartphone’s very own mobile app. IssueM also carries an issue-to-PDF add on and Issue Migration tool.
Storyform
This plugin allows readers to have a pleasing reader experience and great readability using full-screen magazine layouts that flip horizontally. Storyform can work with many kinds of content like long form, reports, photo essays, etc. The plugin is perfect for large photos, animations, and background videos. It even offers a pullout quote tool and is responsive across all your devices.
Digital Publications by Supsystic
This digital publishing plugin has a mobile-friendly responsive design, text search option, and a zoom in-out feature. What sets this plugin apart from the likes of Storyform and IssueM is its tune flip sound that adds sound effects to pages and free translation of your content to Spanish, English, or Russian. Digital Publications by Supsystic is great for not only magazines but for catalogs and flipbooks that you can create by converting images, posts, PDFs, or HTML.
What are your favorite magazine and news plugins? Let us know by leaving a comment below. And be sure to check out our list of the 10 most popular plugins our customers use on our platform.
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