Newsroom Puzzles

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Newspack Install

Embed puzzles on Newspack (WordPress for small newsrooms) — block editor, 404 pages, and games sections.

Newspack is WordPress tuned for small newsrooms — Google News Initiative backed, Automattic hosted, budget-friendly. If you have used WordPress before, the install is the same: one Custom HTML block and a script tag.

Block editor (recommended)

  1. In wp-admin, edit the page or post where the puzzle should appear (games section, daily puzzle post, etc.).
  2. Add a Custom HTML block (/ → “Custom HTML”).
  3. Paste: 
    <script src="https://newsroompuzzles.com/embed.js?site=yourpaper.com&game=sudoku"></script>
  4. Publish and view the page.

Newspack sites often use wide or full-width post templates — good for Sudoku and Word Search grids. Add &flat=1 if your theme already wraps content in a card.

404 page

Newspack themes support custom 404 templates like any WordPress site. Add the script below your “Page not found” copy in 404.php (child theme recommended) or use a conditional snippet plugin. Full walkthrough: 404 page install guide.

Games hub with multiple puzzles

Stack several Custom HTML blocks on one page — one script tag per game:

<h3>Today&rsquo;s Sudoku</h3>
<script src="https://newsroompuzzles.com/embed.js?site=yourpaper.com&game=sudoku&flat=1"></script>

<h3>Word Search</h3>
<script src="https://newsroompuzzles.com/embed.js?site=yourpaper.com&game=wordsearch&pack=newsroom&flat=1"></script>

Word packs for your beat

Word Search and Hangman accept pack= for themed vocabulary — newsroom, sports, seasonal, crypto, japan, yokai, and more. Browse demos.

Newspack-specific notes

  • Jetpack / security plugins — rare, but confirm external scripts aren’t blocked after paste.
  • AMP — if you serve AMP pages, embed the puzzle on the canonical non-AMP version; custom script tags are not supported in AMP documents.
  • Reader revenue — puzzles keep readers on your domain instead of sending them to a third-party games portal.

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