Liveblog is a WordPress app, with a 2.9 average rating from 15 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Liveblog is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Automattic. With a rating of 2.9★ from 15 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Liveblog 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. 15 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 Automattic — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (2.9★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (15) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Liveblog works
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Your readers want your updates as quickly as possible, and we think we provide the easiest and 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 was purpose-built to address these issues.
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.
Authors can drag and drop photos straight into the liveblog area, without separate browser tabs or windows.
No need for a separate site dedicated to liveblogging — every post can be a liveblog, even existing ones.
If you’d like to check out the code and contribute, join us on GitHub — pull requests are more than welcome.
Documentation Developer and end-user documentation lives in the docs/ directory:
End user guide — for editors and site administrators.
Customization — entry features, key events, hashtags, commands, emoji, shortcodes, template overrides.
Extending the admin meta box
Hooking into entries
Auto-archiving
WebSocket support
Contributing See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to set up the development environment and submit changes.
Keyword rankings
Liveblog ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #960
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Liveblog?
Liveblog is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 2.9-star rating from 15 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 Automattic.