Title: Software News
Author: mganss
Published: <strong>December 11, 2019</strong>
Last modified: December 11, 2019

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![](https://ps.w.org/software-news/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2210183)

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/software-news/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2210183)

# Software News

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/software-news.zip)

 * [Details](https://kal.wordpress.org/plugins/software-news/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://kal.wordpress.org/plugins/software-news/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://kal.wordpress.org/plugins/software-news/#installation)
 * [Development](https://kal.wordpress.org/plugins/software-news/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/software-news/)

## Description

Show the latest software related news on your site. Creates a widget that you can
place anywhere on your site and that integrates seamlessly with your chosen theme.
You can select the maximum number of items you want to display and choose if you
want to show author, date, and content. The title can be customized as well.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Example (Twenty Seventeen Theme)

## Installation

 1.  Go to Plugins -> Add New in your WordPress Dashboard
 2.  Search for Software News
 3.  Click Install Now
 4.  Find the plugin Software News in the list of plugins on the page Plugins -> Installed
     Plugins
 5.  Click Activate below Software News
 6.  Go to Appearance -> Widgets
 7.  Click on Software News
 8.  Select the area of your site where the widget should appear (e.g. Blog Sidebar)
 9.  Click Add Widget

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Software News” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ mganss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mganss/)

[Translate “Software News” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/software-news)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/software-news/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/software-news/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/software-news/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/software-news/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **6 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.3.21**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/software-news/)
 * Tags
 * [news](https://kal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/news/)[software](https://kal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/software/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kal.wordpress.org/plugins/software-news/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ mganss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mganss/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/software-news/)