Who should use Instant Breaking News?

Instant Breaking News is a B2B product built for news website administrators.

Does Instant Breaking News have a free plan?

Yes — Instant Breaking News is free to use.

What platforms does Instant Breaking News run on?

Instant Breaking News runs on the web.

Is Instant Breaking News still maintained?

Unverified. Instant Breaking News has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to Instant Breaking News?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Breaking News Posts, WPH Breaking News, and News Headline Ticker.

Who develops Instant Breaking News?

Instant Breaking News is developed by Gero Nikolov.

How long has Instant Breaking News been around?

Instant Breaking News first shipped in 2020.

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Instant Breaking News

Name: Instant Breaking News
Author: Gero Nikolov

wordpress.orgBreaking news & alerts

Instant Breaking News is a WordPress plugin that allows site owners to pin posts and display them as breaking news banners at the top of their website. It offers customization options and easy management from the WordPress dashboard, ideal for news and media sites.

FreeGPL-3.0WebCloud-managed

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Overview

6 features

Instant Breaking News is a Breaking news & alerts project. It focuses on highlighting urgent or important news by pinning posts as breaking news banners on WordPress sites. It is built as a B2B product for news website administrators. Instant Breaking News is free to use. It ships for the web.

Behind Instant Breaking News is Gero Nikolov, and it first shipped in 2020. Among its 6 catalogued features are breaking news banner, pin posts, and customizable banner. The interface is available in English and Yoruba.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Breaking news banner
Pin posts
Customizable banner
Color options
Admin dashboard integration
Preview feature

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managed

Trust & compliance

License

GPL-3.0

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierGitHubMulti-language

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jun · 11:28 UTC
Listing verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Instant Breaking News

What is Instant Breaking News?: Instant Breaking News focuses on highlighting urgent or important news by pinning posts as breaking news banners on WordPress sites. It is catalogued under Breaking news & alerts on PulseGate.
Who should use Instant Breaking News?: Instant Breaking News is a B2B product built for news website administrators.
Does Instant Breaking News have a free plan?: Yes — Instant Breaking News is free to use.
What platforms does Instant Breaking News run on?: Instant Breaking News runs on the web.
Is Instant Breaking News still maintained?: Unverified. Instant Breaking News has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Instant Breaking News?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Breaking News Posts, WPH Breaking News, and News Headline Ticker.Breaking News Posts WPH Breaking News News Headline Ticker
Who develops Instant Breaking News?: Instant Breaking News is developed by Gero Nikolov.
How long has Instant Breaking News been around?: Instant Breaking News first shipped in 2020.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Yoruba
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: GPL-3.0
Built for: news website administrators
Model: B2B
Solves: Highlighting urgent or important news by pinning posts as breaking news banners on WordPress sites.

Registered as

GitHub: Gero0Nikolov/IBN-WordPress-Plugin
WordPress.org: instant-breaking-news

Developer

Gero Nikolov

Small team

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 1
Last commit: 24 Aug 2025
Commits 90d: 0
Contributors: 2
Authorship: Small team
Default branch: master

Index record

Indexed: 29 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 29 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: instant-breaking-news-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-a.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/instant-breaking-news

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