Title: Liveblog
Author: Automattic
Published: <strong>Agost 24, 2012</strong>
Last modified: Gener 14, 2026

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# Liveblog

 By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/liveblog.1.11.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bal.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 the 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](http://vip.wordpress.com/liveblog-add-on/)
was purpose-built to address these issues specifically.

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 their browser.
 * Your authors can drag-and-drop photos right into the Liveblog area, without needing
   to navigate to separate browser tabs or windows.
 * There’s no need for a separate site dedicated to liveblogging: _every_ post can
   be a liveblog, even existing ones.

[Check out our in-depth documentation.](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog#liveblog)

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.

## 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. You can 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/) Desembre 18, 2023

Great plugins! Just need to figure out how they work… but once I do, they’re really
well made

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Awful Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awful-plugin-12/)󠁿

 [edwardyves2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwardyves2/) Gener 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/) Setembre 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.

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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/) Agost 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/) Juliol 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/) Abril 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

Please see the [changelog on Github](https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.11.0**
 *  Last updated **3 mesos ago**
 *  Active installations **2.000+**
 *  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/),
   i [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/liveblog/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/liveblog)
 * Tag
 * [liveblog](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/liveblog/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bal.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

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/liveblog/)