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VERDICT

Should I use Laravel News?

Laravel News is the official blog of Laravel. Every day bringing you the latest news, tutorials, and packages for the framework. - laravel-news.com

Worth it. There is nothing to buy: Laravel News is free content, and any team building on Laravel should simply follow it. Teams not on PHP, or buyers expecting a tool with support and SLAs, get nothing here.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 30+ public sources; most third-party chatter concerns Laravel itself, with few direct reviews of the site.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityN/A — media site, no support model
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free content

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Shop (merch)Varies

Best for

  • Laravel developers
  • PHP teams tracking releases
  • Devs hunting packages
  • Laravel security watchers

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for software — there is no product here
  • Node, Rails, or Python teams; zero PHP relevance
  • Buyers wanting support, SLAs, or vendor accountability
  • Teams needing structured training — use Laracasts instead

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Hudson Rock flags 115 infostealer credentials for the domain — staff exposure risk, not reader risk

low

Nothing to buy or configure — evaluation effort should be near zero; subscribe and move on

low

Merch shop runs under separate terms of service; purchases are unrelated to content

low

Crunchbase lists only $197.5K for Laravel News — it is media, distinct from Laravel's $57M Series A

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free daily Laravel news, tutorials, and package listings
  • Official Laravel blog — first-party release and security coverage
  • Podcast plus YouTube, X, and Instagram channels
  • Publishes timely vulnerability coverage (Livewire, Composer)
  • Edge-cached for fast page loads, per published case study

Cons

  • Not software — no dashboard, support, or admin; it's a blog
  • No security page published for its own domain
  • 115 infostealer credentials associated with its domain
  • Sponsored posts mix with editorial coverage

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/26/2026 - 13 sources - Content site with no product attack surface; Hudson Rock lists 115 leaked credentials for its domain and no security page is published.

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  • 115 infostealer credentials tied to laravel-news.com, Hudson Rock's domain lookup reports 115 credentials from infostealer infections. This is an organizational exposure signal, not a risk to readers' devices.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 13

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Entirely free content
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Edge-cached for fast loads per case study
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Daily news, tutorials, package listings, podcast
  • Support quality. N/A — media site, no support model
  • Security posture: 3/5. 115 domain credentials in infostealer datasets
  • $0 Price All content free; merch shop separate
  • Daily Publish cadence Per its own tagline
  • Yes Podcast On Apple Podcasts and Spotify
  • 115 Leaked domain credentials Hudson Rock infostealer lookup

Pricing

Free content

$0

  • Daily news and tutorials
  • Newsletter and podcast
  • Package directory

Shop (merch)

Varies

  • Swag sold via shop.laravelnews.com

Security

Content site with no product attack surface; Hudson Rock lists 115 leaked credentials for its domain and no security page is published.

  • 115 infostealer credentials tied to laravel-news.comHudson Rock's domain lookup reports 115 credentials from infostealer infections. This is an organizational exposure signal, not a risk to readers' devices.³

What users say

No direct user reviews found; the site is widely linked in Laravel communities and aggregated on daily.dev.

“Laravel News - Daily news”
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Alternatives

Compare Laravel News with each alternative.

  • Laravel official docs

    Guess: primary official documentation and release notes

Full analysis

Based on 30+ public sources; most third-party chatter concerns Laravel itself, with few direct reviews of the site.

Free Laravel news, tutorials, and podcast — follow it if you build on Laravel; it's not software, nothing to purchase.

Methodology

Based on 30+ public sources; most third-party chatter concerns Laravel itself, with few direct reviews of the site.

Sources

  1. Laravel News homepagelaravel-news.com
    official
  2. Laravel News security page (none found)laravel-news.com
    security
  3. Hudson Rock domain lookup: 115 infostealer credentialshudsonrock.com
    security
  4. Livewire security vulnerability coveragelaravel-news.com
    security
  5. Composer 2.9.6 vulnerability coveragelaravel-news.com
    security
  6. Edge caching case studylaravel-news.com
    news
  7. Sponsored content examplelaravel-news.com
    official
  8. Laravel News Podcast (Apple)podcasts.apple.com
    official
  9. Crunchbase profilecrunchbase.com
    news
  10. Laravel $57M Series A coveragelaravel-news.com
    news
  11. Shop terms of serviceshop.laravelnews.com
    official
  12. r/laravel communityreddit.com
    review
  13. daily.dev Laravel News aggregationdaily.dev
    news

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