What's New in NewsPro
Every feature, improvement, and fix — documented from day one.
NewsPro 3.0: Total Overhaul with AI, PWA & Subscriptions
NewsPro 3.0 delivers a complete redesign with a new rich text editor, full REST API, PWA support, and AI-powered tools. You now get advanced ad management, subscriptions with 15 gateways, bulk editing, and seamless social integrations for effortless publishing.
Core Platform & UI Enhancements
- You can now use a powerful rich text editor built from scratch with countdown timers, code embeds, AI translation, grammar check, math formulas, galleries, PDF export, and 30+ advanced features like block drag-and-drop and SEO checker
- Full dashboard restructure with modular functions and offline/online notifications for smoother navigation
- Progressive Web App (PWA) support with enable/disable toggle and screenshot customization
- Dark/light theme toggle for users, dual logos, automatic night mode, and back-to-top button
- 10 built-in site templates, header/footer custom code injection, and maintenance mode toggle
Content Management & Publishing
- Bulk editing for articles, breaking news, categories, comments, fonts, forms, pages, polls, users, and more, with quick status toggles
- Centralized site pages management, drag-and-drop category ordering with color customization, and alphabetical homepage display
- Multi-step polls, interactive quizzes, Shorts/Reels support, estimated reading time, previous/next navigation, and table of contents generator
- Sponsored articles, anonymous publishing for editors, fake content generator for testing, and WordPress bulk import
- Breaking news ticker customization, geo-targeted homepage, and Shorts section on homepage
Editor & Media Tools
- Built-in media player for video/audio/MP3, FFmpeg auto-thumbnails, auto-generate 3 image sizes, and custom video preview images
- Free/commercial media search from Pexels, Unsplash, Pixabay, Shutterstock, Giphy
- Full file manager with previews, file downloads/attachments, and cloud storage for Cloudflare R2, S3, and 6 more providers
- Social embeds for 19 platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch
- Weather/stock ticker widgets, author bio blocks, credits/sources, and Text-to-Speech for articles
User Management & Social Features
- 18 social logins (Google, GitHub, Facebook, X, and more), passkey (WebAuthn), password login, account lockout, and IP rate limiting
- Follow/unfollow users/categories with notifications, redesigned profiles showing comments/shorts, hide email option, and follower counts
- Comment system with approvals, pinning, styling, emoji/replies/quotes, time-limited editing, spam prevention, and third-party integrations (Hyvor/Disqus)
- Anonymous comments, GDPR data downloads, custom user roles with granular permissions
- Contact forms with subjects, phone, uploads, and admin replies via email/push/bell
Monetization & Subscriptions
- Full subscription/paywall system with 15 gateways (Stripe, PayPal, and more), content locking, permissions, abandoned cart recovery, and confirmation/cancellation emails
- Ad management with geo-targeting, popups, auto-rotation by CTR, ROI tracking, performance reports, AdBlock detection, and "Not interested" button
- "Buy me a coffee" widget, ads.txt support, and ad targeting by article type
AI & Automation
- AI smart tagging, article tags from content, xAI (Grok) for automated publishing, and AI video translation
- User search analytics, keyword tracking with block list, anomaly detection, and advanced analytics export (PDF/CSV/Google Sheets)
- Auto-post to 10 platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, etc.), article-to-Stories conversion
Admin & Developer Tools
- Full REST API for articles, categories, pages, breaking news, users (CRUD operations)
- Server info page with stats, cache clear, DB optimize, backups, PHP info, and reports
- Font management, CDN config, cookie consent, security.txt, PHP error toggle, cron-job.org integration, and scheduled backups
- CDN configuration, user reward/gamification, and server info with downloadable reports
AI Writing, Breaking News & Major UX Overhaul
Introduced AI-powered image generation, 13 writing styles, breaking news, dark mode, full-site backups, and a complete redesign of management tables.
AI Features
- 13 AI writing styles (News Report, Opinion, Feature, Interview, Listicle, and more)
- AI-powered image generation for articles
- Regenerate article images with one click
- Article submission via API
Content & Dashboard
- Breaking news integration with scrolling ticker
- Article, page, and category duplication
- Drag-and-paste image insertion in the editor
- Article like/dislike reactions
- Hide comments per article or globally
- New sort options: by views, likes, ID, date
User Experience
- Dark mode and light mode toggle
- Responsive management tables
- Single-click logout from all devices
- jQuery completely removed
- Accessibility improvements for screen readers
Infrastructure
- One-click full database and file backup
- IPv6 support in IP tracking
- 97 languages refreshed
Migration to NewsPro.io & Bug Fixes
Transition update connecting the legacy self-hosted product to the new newspro.io platform.
Platform Migration
- Account migration to newspro.io
- Google login for existing customers
- Affiliate partner program with referral links
- License extension for all users until August 2024
Bug Fixes
- Multiple stability improvements and bug fixes
RSS Feeds, Structured Data & Language Editor
Mandatory update introducing RSS feeds, structured data, language editing, and code cleanup.
New Features
- RSS feed for categories and authors
- Main RSS moved to /?display=Feed
- Structured data (JSON-LD) for static pages
- Language editor: customize any translation
- PWA manifest color customization
Fixes & Performance
- Fixed articles displaying by ID instead of date
- Reduced code weight by 1 MB
- CSS upgrades and security hardening
Initial Public Release
First public release of NewsPro as a licensed self-hosted news CMS.
Release
- v1.35: Initial public release
- v1.36: Error corrections and stability fixes
NewsPro Launches on Gumroad
The first public release of NewsPro — a self-hosted PHP news CMS sold as a digital download on Gumroad. Aimed at publishers who want full control over their news site without WordPress.
Core Platform
- Complete PHP-based news CMS — install on any shared hosting or VPS
- Article management: create, edit, publish, schedule, and categorize articles
- Category system with custom icons and descriptions
- Static pages (About, Contact, Privacy, etc.)
- User accounts with admin and editor roles
- Media library with image upload and management
Frontend
- Responsive news site template included
- Homepage with latest articles, featured stories, and category sections
- Article page with related articles and comment section
- Category pages and author profiles
- Built-in search functionality
SEO & Technical
- Automatic SEO meta tags for every article
- XML sitemap generation
- Open Graph tags for social sharing
- RSS feed
- Google Analytics integration
Distribution
- Sold as a digital download on Gumroad
- One-time purchase with lifetime updates for the base version
- PHP 8+ compatible, MySQL/MariaDB database
Always Getting Better
New features ship regularly. Every plan gets every update — automatically.
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