Title: Newstream
Author: pseudokool
Published: <strong>January 25, 2016</strong>
Last modified: January 26, 2016

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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.

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# Newstream

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

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

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/newstream/)

## Description

A WordPress plugin that displays post titles chronologically, and uses post content
as external links. Create a category, add one or more posts to this category. Post
titles will be link text, post content should consist of only URL(s) and will be
used at the href, link address in the rendered widget.
 This allows for a news stream
widget to be populated, using posts.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload `/newstream` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Why another post category plugin?

Because this one, uses content as link to (an external) resource. Easily add a news
flash/stream widget, using posts and post content.

  How do i set news update items?

Create a custom category e.g. News. Add posts to this category.
 Post titles are
link text and post content, will consist of only a single URL.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

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

[Translate “Newstream” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/newstream)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Added barebones, non styled functioning.
 * Added category selector.

#### 1.1

 * Added multiple instance support.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0a**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 * Tags
 * [news](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/news/)[stream](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/stream/)
   [ticker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ticker/)[updates](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/updates/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/newstream/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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

## Donate

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