Main new features in News Manager after version 2.4.x are: Post images supported (post thumbnails, featured images) Optional Read more link Optional disable link in post titles "go back" link can be disabled (or link to main news page) Optional yearly archives Custom settings for more options, post layout customization, custom frontend strings, specific newspage-type settings... Template tags, conditional functions Optional post authors Custom URL parameters/prefixes (experimental/advanced) For more information, see the Documentation.