Stock Ticker
Easy add customizable moving or static ticker tapes with stock information for custom stock symbols.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.4★ from 21
- Active installs
- 2k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Added
- Feb 2014
- Requires WP
- 5.2
- Tested up to
- WP 6.9.7
- Requires PHP
- 7.3
- Downloads
- 139,227
Our analysis
AI-assistedStock Ticker is a WordPress plugin that enables you to add a stock ticker displaying stock price information to your posts, pages, and widgets using shortcodes or a multi-instance widget. The plugin fetches stock data from the Alpha Vantage API, requiring an API key for operation. It allows for various customisations, including the ability to set global stock symbols and define how information is displayed.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to provide stock price information on their WordPress sites, particularly those focused on finance or investment content. However, it is important to note that the data is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice.
Best for: This plugin is best for finance-related websites or blogs that want to display stock information.
What it does well
- ✓Allows insertion of stock tickers via shortcode or widget
- ✓Customisable display options for stock information
- ✓Fetches data from Alpha Vantage API
Where it falls short
- •Multisite WordPress is not supported
- •No Gutenberg Block available for insertion
- •Data accuracy is not guaranteed
Verdict
Stock Ticker provides a straightforward way to display stock prices on your site, but users should be aware of its limitations regarding data accuracy and support.
From the developer
Aleksandar Urošević's own description of Stock Ticker, lightly tidied.
A simple and easy configurable plugin for WordPress that allows you to insert a stock ticker with stock price information to posts, pages, widgets, or even to template files. Insertion is enabled by a shortcode or multi-instance widget.
Stock data is fetched by the API from Alpha Vantage. You’ll need an AlphaVantage.co API Key.
Stock Ticker is an advanced variation of the Stock Quote plugin.
Multisite WordPress is not supported yet.
IMPORTANT: Stock Ticker does not have its Gutenberg Block. You can use Shortcode Block or Common Block to insert the Stock Ticker within the post/page content.
Disclaimer
All stock data used in Stock Ticker is provided by Alpha Vantage, displayed for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered as investment advice.
As of the end of 2023, AlphaVantage limited the Free API tier to 5 requests per minute and 25 requests per day.
Before presenting stock data on your website publicly, ensure that you comply with the Alpha Vantage Terms of Service and have a valid commercial license!
The author of the Stock Ticker plugin does not accept liability or responsibility for your use of the plugin, including but not limited to trading and investment results. Additionally, the author of the Stock Ticker plugin can not guarantee that stock prices are always accurate, as they are provided by a third-party service for free.
Features
- Set a global set of symbols you’ll use site-wide.
- Configure the default set of stock symbols that will be displayed in the ticker inserted by the empty shortcode.
- Configure the default presence of the company as Company Name or as a Stock Symbol.
- Configure colours for unchanged quote, negative and positive changes with the colour picker.
- Disable scrolling ticker and make it static.
- Define custom names for companies to be used instead of the symbols.
- Define custom elements as a part of the visible value.
You can set a custom template for a visible change value. Default format is %company% %price% %change% %changep%. As macro keywords, you can use:
%exch_symbol%– Symbol with exchange, like NASDAQ:AAPL%symbol%– Company symbol, like AAPL%company%– Company name after filtered by custom names, like Apple Inc.%price%– Price value, like 125.22%change%– Change value, like -5.53%changep%– Change percentage, like -4.23%%ltrade%– Last trade day (like 2020-09-25), which can be followed by the PHP date format to customise date output, separate by pipe character, eg |l, jS \of F Y
For help, use the official WordPress support forum.