Liveblog

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.

1. Upload the liveblog folder to your plugins directory (e.g. /wp-content/plugins/).
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Enable the liveblog on any post’s edit page.

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