Follow new capabilities across the Aeon News platform and add-ons, with a clear explanation of the practical impact for your newsroom and existing setup.
Product area
Status
Comment Agent 0.1.4
Optional add-on
A safer AI moderation queue for reader comments
The standalone WordPress add-on supports native comments and wpDiscuz, sending a moderation provider only stripped comment text with the article title or a short excerpt — never names, email addresses, IP addresses, or browser identifiers.
Why it matters
Only comments classified as safe with confidence of at least 90% can move forward automatically. Uncertain cases, provider failures, and malformed responses stay in the human review queue; no comment is automatically deleted or discarded, and the original is preserved. Authorised moderators can also use a private Swedish translation when helpful, never shown publicly.
For existing customers
Available as an optional standalone WordPress add-on. Implementation is configured around your comment system, moderation policy, provider privacy requirements, and hCaptcha setup.
Platform 4.10
Available now
Steadier continuous reading and revenue surfaces
Continuous article reading is more dependable, with ad placements that remain reliable as readers move through loaded articles.
Why it matters
Longer reading sessions should feel more seamless for readers while preserving dependable inventory for the commercial side of the newsroom.
For existing customers
Available in Theme 4.10. Existing publishers can plan the update with their normal release window.
Platform 4.10
Available now
More ways to surface the work behind the headline
The 4.10 series brings advanced archive search, renewed author profiles and archives, a Latest News Wire, a more flexible ticker, design presets, a Draft Previewer role and stronger localisation.
Why it matters
Readers can find more of your reporting and understand who made it, while editors get clearer tools for presenting a living news product.
For existing customers
Available in the 4.10 series. Review the new editorial presentation options before enabling them in production.
Platform 4.10
Available now
More control around reading, privacy and editorial context
Theme 4.10 adds optional privacy consent and Matomo opt-in, an editorial image lightbox and built-in sticky widgets.
Why it matters
Publishers can make consent choices clearer while giving readers richer context and keeping key editorial modules in reach.
For existing customers
Available in Theme 4.10. Privacy consent is optional; assess it against your own privacy setup before activation.
Popular Posts 1.0.20
Available now
A clearer view of what readers are following
Popular Posts 1.0.20 improves trending and ranked presentation, with popularity insights prepared for editorial agent workflows.
Why it matters
Editors can present momentum more clearly and bring useful readership signals into future editorial routines.
For existing customers
Available now. Update Popular Posts to 1.0.20 to use the improved presentation and insights.
Add-ons 1.11.2
Optional add-on
More considered AI reader polls
Editor-led AI reader polls now respect the site language, generate more reliably, offer more balanced response choices and recover results robustly on cached pages.
Why it matters
Reader questions can stay useful and on-brand without adding avoidable work or uncertainty to the editorial day.
For existing customers
Available as an optional add-on update. Existing customers should update the add-on to benefit from the stronger generation and result handling.
Add-ons 1.10
Optional add-on
A curated vertical video and YouTube Shorts slider
Editors can assemble a vertical video slider from manual selections, selected channels or curated sources, with deferred video loading for a lighter page experience.
Why it matters
It gives video a deliberate editorial home instead of making the front page depend on an unfiltered feed.
For existing customers
Available as an optional add-on. It can be configured around the channels and editorial selection process you already use.
Platform 4.6
Available now
News Cycle: the day’s news in chronological order
News Cycle gives readers a chronological overview of the publishing day, making fast-moving coverage easier to follow.
Why it matters
A clear timeline helps readers return to a developing story without losing the day’s editorial sequence.
For existing customers
Available now in Theme 4.6 and later. Existing customers can add News Cycle where a chronological overview suits their coverage.
