Automattic

John James Jacoby

Gary Jones

Mohammad Jangda

Philip John

Nikolay Bachiyski

<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://wpvip.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress.com VIP Liveblog Add-On</a> was purpose-built to address these issues.</p>
<p>Here’s what makes it special:</p>
<ul>
<li>Post updates right from the front end of your site (no need to use the <code>/wp-admin</code> dashboard).</li>
<li>Viewers of your liveblog get new entries served to them instantly and automatically, without needing to refresh.</li>
<li>Authors can drag and drop photos straight into the liveblog area, without separate browser tabs or windows.</li>
<li>No need for a separate site dedicated to liveblogging — every post can be a liveblog, even existing ones.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you’d like to check out the code and contribute, <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog" rel="nofollow ugc">join us on GitHub</a> — pull requests are more than welcome.</p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<p>Developer and end-user documentation lives in the <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/tree/develop/docs" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>docs/</code></a> directory:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/end-user-guide.md" rel="nofollow ugc">End user guide</a> — for editors and site administrators.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/customization.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Customization</a> — entry features, key events, hashtags, commands, emoji, shortcodes, template overrides.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/admin-meta-box.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Extending the admin meta box</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/entry-hooks.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Hooking into entries</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/auto-archive.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Auto-archiving</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/docs/websockets.md" rel="nofollow ugc">WebSocket support</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
<p>See <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/liveblog/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md" rel="nofollow ugc">CONTRIBUTING.md</a> for how to set up the development environment and submit changes.</p>


Liveblog

Empowers website owners to provide rich and engaging live event coverage to a large, distributed audience.

Jacob Martella

<p>Live blogs are the essential tool for keeping readers up to date in any breaking news situation or sporting event. Using the power of AJAX, JM Live Blog allows you to add a live blog to any post with a simple shortcode to keep your readers in the know.</p>


JM Live Blog

Create quick and easy live blogs that keep your readers up to date on any breaking situation.

Liveblog vs JM Live Blog