What is Newspack?
Newspack is an open-source, WordPress-based digital publishing platform for news organizations. It supports editorial publishing, paywalls, audience growth, reader revenue, and advertising operations.
Key Capabilities
- Editorial publishing: Creates and manages news content and publication workflows.
- Reader revenue: Supports registrations, newsletters, donations, memberships, subscriptions, content gating, and audience segmentation. Audience management
- Advertising operations: Integrates direct-sold and programmatic advertising, including ad-server integrations, ad placements, sponsored content, and media kits. Advertising
- Platform foundation: Is built on WordPress and is developed and hosted by WordPress.com. Newspack
Audience & Use Cases
- Audience: Editorial, product, audience-development, and revenue teams at local, nonprofit, and independent news organizations.
- Use case: Running a publication site while connecting editorial publishing with reader subscriptions, membership programs, and advertising inventory.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture: Open-source, WordPress-based platform.
- Deployment: Developed and hosted by WordPress.com.
- Integrations: Supports newsletter-service, CRM, ad-server, and advertising-network integrations.
Categories & Use Cases
Technical Details
| Deployment Types | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Mobile Application | No |
FAQs
What is Newspack?
Newspack is an open-source, WordPress-based digital publishing platform for news organizations. It supports editorial publishing, paywalls, audience growth, reader revenue, and advertising operations.
How much does Newspack cost?
Newspack starts at $750.