Title: Liveblog Author: Automattic Published: August 24, 2012 Last modified: April 27, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/liveblog.svg) # Liveblog By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/liveblog.1.12.0.zip) * [Details](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/#description) * [Reviews](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/#reviews) * [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/#installation) * [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/) ## Description Your readers want your updates as quickly as possible, and we think we provide the easiest and most flexible publishing environment to make that happen. Sometimes though, that’s just not enough. When you’re covering a fast-paced event — the latest Apple unveiling, an F1 Grand Prix or the Super Bowl — a full blog post for each individual update is a poor experience for your authors and your audience. The [WordPress.com VIP Liveblog Add-On](https://wpvip.com/) was purpose-built to address these issues. Here’s what makes it special: * Post updates right from the front end of your site (no need to use the `/wp-admin` dashboard). * Viewers of your liveblog get new entries served to them instantly and automatically, without needing to refresh. * Authors can drag and drop photos straight into the liveblog area, without separate browser tabs or windows. * No need for a separate site dedicated to liveblogging — every post can be a liveblog, even existing ones. If you’d like to check out the code and contribute, [join us on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog)— pull requests are more than welcome. ### Documentation Developer and end-user documentation lives in the [`docs/`](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/tree/develop/docs) directory: * [End user guide](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/end-user-guide.md)— for editors and site administrators. * [Customization](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/customization.md)— entry features, key events, hashtags, commands, emoji, shortcodes, template overrides. * [Extending the admin meta box](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/admin-meta-box.md) * [Hooking into entries](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/entry-hooks.md) * [Auto-archiving](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/auto-archive.md) * [WebSocket support](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/websockets.md) ### Contributing See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to set up the development environment and submit changes. ## Screenshots * [[ * The entry form is the simplest possible. * [[ * Writers can preview before posting. * [[ * Adding images is a matter of just drag and drop. * [[ * Dragged photos are automatically inserted. * [[ * Typical liveblog view. * [[ ## Installation 1. Upload the `liveblog` folder to your plugins directory (e.g. `/wp-content/plugins/`). 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Enable the liveblog on any post’s edit page. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/388deb6f86e26162faa9d52402c153603a028bd0f5b0f5e1c2eb90de3e45cc7c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Ok liveblog](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ok-liveblog/)󠁿 [Bjørn Nielsen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bplndk/) December 18, 2023 Great plugins! Just need to figure out how they work… but once I do, they’re really well made ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b77d6fabb1b2b4602bd71da11d482ec54506bebc87dd5f5a279f7423d1de0da8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awful Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awful-plugin-12/)󠁿 [edwardyves2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwardyves2/) January 11, 2019 I think this plugin is not good at all. Plus the customer service is bad, to me it seem that person not really know how to addressing or resolve my issue. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4052db434ab982650d5b4b61527674cb287ed637871440b1ddc8333bad5463be? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Plug-in is off](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-in-is-off/)󠁿 [Andrew](https://profiles.wordpress.org/papex/) September 20, 2018 Плагин выключен. И не больше не работает. Поддержка исчезла. На странице их сайта замок. The plugin is disabled. And does not work anymore. Support disappeared. On the page of their site is the castle. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdfc8650c998d801d3ceed574fad56e201a337e7579155939d1ea7a8f84ab0fb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A few things broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-few-things-broken/)󠁿 [smbutler79](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smbutler79/) August 31, 2018 The plugin does post information as specified and was a decent option when we used several work arounds to get our posts up cleanly. We are no longer using this plugin because of several broken features. Browsing through the support page, it looks like all of my complaints are on there with ZERO response from the developers. The apostrophe issue is the major one (code &x27; instead of ‘), embeds are not working as they should, word wrapping instead of breaking and the text editor has a scrolling window that continuously types content instead of wrapping making it very hard to see content. We need simplicity in design just like the WordPress Posts and Pages. Appreciate the effort as it is a powerful tool, just not 100% complete yet. I have non web people using the plugin and they need simple simple simple. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/242dfe747839903f8c31412737db630e09ffac22127890a28b7aa792a1b8cb95? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not Good!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-good-104/)󠁿 [kennylai5](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kennylai5/) July 12, 2018 Wish there is more tech support. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/97e0aab899f9613cfc939eff447a2fb48f7e0f01b546974b18ad84e1f502bf5f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-8096/)󠁿 [tiotrom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tiotrom/) April 26, 2018 Not sure why many gave so little stars. For me it works quite well. What it lacks is the ability to add it as a shortcode to any page. Right now the only way to add it is to a post, which is very limiting. Anyways, super useful plugin. Thanks! [ Read all 15 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Liveblog” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) * [ Gary Jones ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/garyj/) * [ Nikolay Bachiyski ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nbachiyski/) * [ Mohammad Jangda ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/batmoo/) * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) * [ Philip John ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philipjohn/) “Liveblog” has been translated into 8 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/liveblog/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Liveblog” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/liveblog) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/liveblog/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/liveblog/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/liveblog/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/liveblog/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog See the [full changelog on GitHub](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md). ## Meta * Version **1.12.0** * Last updated **4 weeks ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/liveblog) * Tags * [live blog](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-blog/)[liveblog](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/liveblog/) [news](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/news/)[real-time](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/real-time/) [sports](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sports/) * [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/advanced/) ## Ratings 2.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 3 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 6 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) * [ Gary Jones ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/garyj/) * [ Nikolay Bachiyski ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nbachiyski/) * [ Mohammad Jangda ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/batmoo/) * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) * [ Philip John ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philipjohn/) ## Support Got something to say? 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