The Newspack Plugin brings together a collection of custom plugins and themes developed by the Newspack team.
We also maintain a list of approved third-party plugins that can be used by any Newspack site. If any publisher wants to use a plugin that doesn’t yet appear on this list, we have a review process to ensure the plugin is secure, performant, and reliable. If the plugin is not being maintained and you see a notice indicating that “This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest X major releases of WordPress.” on the WordPress.org plugin page, we will not review or approve.
To submit a plugin for review, please use this form.
Newspack Plugins
These are the plugins written and maintained by the Newspack team.
- Newspack Plugin: Installs the Newspack themes, the required plugins and some of the recommended plugins automatically. Offers basic configuration options for your Newspack site in one dashboard.
- Newspack Ads: Helps connect your Newspack site to various ad providers.
- Newspack Blocks: A collection of custom Gutenberg blocks, designed for building news sites, as well as some extensions to existing Gutenberg blocks.
- Newspack Campaigns: Allows you to create inline and overlay notifications on your Newspack site.
- Newspack Listings: Adds the ability to build listings and directories to Newspack sites.
- Newspack Media Partners: Lets you add media partners and their logos to posts; intended for posts published in conjuction with other outlets.
- Newspack Newsletters: Allows you to connect an email service provider (ESP) to your Newspack site and create, edit, and send newsletters directly from the WordPress dashboard.
- Newspack Sponsors: Allows special visual treatment for sponsored and underwritten content. Create sponsors, edit sponsor info, and associate sponsors with posts, categories and tags.
- Newspack Supporters: Manage and display your site’s supporters.
Newspack Themes
These are the themes created and maintained by the Newspack team.
- Newspack Theme: This is the main theme, which is the parent theme for the rest of the collection.
- Newspack Joseph: This theme is reminiscent of classic newspaper styles.
- Newspack Katharine: This theme, named for the former publisher of The Washington Post, includes small accents and borders.
- Newspack Nelson: This striking theme uses bolder fonts and a bright overlap-style header.
- Newspack Sacha: This theme’s double serif pairing adds an elegant edge to its style.
- Newspack Scott: This blocky child theme includes square avatars and boxy accents.