JournalPress is a WordPress app, with a 3.7 average rating from 3 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
JournalPress is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Alis. With a rating of 3.7★ from 3 reviews.
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JournalPress is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 3 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Alis — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.7★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (3) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How JournalPress works
JournalPress is a WordPress plugin that enabled cross-posting to sites running LiveJournal Server, which in 2024 is basically Dreamwidth (and, ironically, not LiveJournal itself). It is based on the LJXP plugin, however it has a raft of new features including:
support for multiple different mirror journals
support for scheduled posts
support for posts created from interfaces (i.e. XML-RPC, Atom)
mood, music and location support
per-post-per-journal userpic selection.
Version 1.2
Minor bugfixes.
Version 1.1
Updated instructions for using API keys.
Version 1.0
Significant code rewrite, so make sure to check your settings and journals as some config items may not have migrated exactly as expected!
Support for LJ-style cut plugins on the WordPress end removed. WordPress-native <!--more--> still supported.
Support for customer user groups for posting locking removed, since the plugin it relied on is super broken.
Bulk crossposting options removed.
Credits JournalPress is based off the original LJXP client by Evan Broder, with the LJ Crossposter Plus modifications made by Ravenwood and Irwin. No disrespect is intended towards any of these authors; without their great work, this plugin wouldn’t have been possible (or at least would’ve taken a hell of a lot longer to write).
Big shout-out to everyone who’s kept using this terrible old code all this time. You guys rock!
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Frequently asked questions
What is JournalPress?
JournalPress is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.7-star rating from 3 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Alis.