Aeon News documentation

Aeon News is a WordPress-based platform for daily newspapers and editorial teams. It combines the publishing workflows a newsroom already recognises with tools for front-page judgement, reader presentation, distribution and engagement.

Use these guides in order

Start with Getting started when a site is being prepared or a new editor joins. The Platform guides then explain how to run a daily edition: create and review stories, assign a place in the hierarchy, package media and manage distribution surfaces.

The App and Reels sections cover products that extend a published story beyond the web edition. Add-ons document optional newsroom tools. Integrations and Troubleshooting are practical references for planned changes and common checks.

Find a guide by task

Publishing an article: start with the article editor, then use headlines and summaries, image workflow and news dimensioning.

Organising the publication: see categories and sections, topics and tags and search and archives.

Writers and opinion: use writers and bylines, genres and opinion and republishing.

Running the front page: continue to front-page hierarchy, front-page news threads, continuous reading, Popular Posts and advertising/native.

Audience features: see comments and audience dialogue, polls, quizzes, Video Slider and Aeon News Poster for social sharing.

Running the site: see performance and Aeon Cache, platform housekeeping, database updates, languages and new sites and the editorial API.

Services: translation and publishing workflows, Aeon Analytics and Radio Summary.

About screenshots

The documentation uses authentic views from the Aeon News demo site, Aeon Daily, running the current platform. Stories and adverts are fictional, while structure, typography and feature placement come from the platform. Backend captures must always use a neutral installation and be cleared of usernames, email addresses, keys, internal URLs and customer-specific material.

Editorial ownership stays human

Aeon News helps an editorial team make publishing repeatable; it does not decide what deserves publication. Keep clear ownership for commissioning, fact checking, legal review, corrections and final publication. Use roles, checklists and a short handover at shift changes so the front page remains intentional.

This documentation describes editor-facing behaviour. Exact configuration varies by agreement, installed modules and the newsroom’s WordPress setup, so labels may differ slightly.