WordPress Podcast Plugins: 5 Working, 3 Closed
Install Blubrry PowerPress if you host your own audio files and want a proper podcast feed: it runs on 20,000+ sites, sits at version 11.17.9, is tested against WordPress 7.1 and rates 4.6 out of 5 from 231 reviews. Install Seriously Simple Podcasting if you want the shortest path from recording to published episode: 30,000+ sites, version 3.17.0, 4.7 out of 5 from 329 reviews.
Before you pick from an older list, know this: three of the eight plugins here are closed on WordPress.org. Sermon Manager and Libsyn Publisher Hub were closed for security issues, and Amazon Polly was withdrawn permanently by its author. They cannot be downloaded, they get no fixes, and they should come off any site still running them.
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Download PowerPress
PowerPress from Blubrry is the most capable of the free options, and the one to reach for if your podcast feed matters more than the page it sits on. It runs on 20,000+ sites at version 11.17.9, is tested against WordPress 7.1 and rates 4.6 out of 5 from 231 reviews.
It gives you audio and video players with embedded support for platforms like YouTube, and it will publish your feed to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and more. If you are moving in from somewhere else, its migration tools handle a transition “from hosts such as Spotify for Podcasters, SoundCloud, Libsyn, and more” without losing episodes.
Two other things make it the pick. Simple mode walks a new podcaster through set-up in three steps, then Advanced Mode “settings let you dig in as deep as you want” once you know what you need. And its subscribe page and sidebar widgets turn readers into subscribers, which is the part most podcast plugins ignore.
One caveat: PowerPress does not build in listener statistics. It points you at your media host’s web stats or Blubrry’s separate statistics service for granular numbers.
Download SSP
The name is honest. Seriously Simple Podcasting is the fastest route from a recorded file to a published episode, and it is the most-installed plugin on this page: 30,000+ sites, version 3.17.0, tested against WordPress 7.0.4, and 4.7 out of 5 from 329 reviews.
Everything runs through the native WordPress interface, so there is no new admin area to learn. You get blocks for the player, offering “a standard compact player or feature-rich HTML5 media player that displays your cover art or episode-specific images”.
It handles more than one show on a site: you can “create unique RSS feeds for multiple podcasts”, feature them on the same website and save separate settings for each. Video podcasting is supported too, with embedded players from Vimeo, VideoPress or the standard video block.
Unlike PowerPress, it does include stats. The free Seriously Simple Stats add-on tracks “total listens per episode, by date range, and by listening sources”. The plugin is also built to sync automatically with Castos hosting, which is its commercial side and entirely optional.
Download Podlove
Podlove Podcast Publisher takes third place on this list: smaller than the two above it, at 3,000+ active installs and 4.4 out of 5 from 44 reviews, but properly maintained at version 4.5.6 and tested against WordPress 7.1.
It is the most technical option here, and that is the appeal. It describes itself as a next-generation publishing system rather than a feed generator, and it covers multi-format publishing across modern audio and video codecs, detailed metadata, an HTML5 player, analytics and an integration with Auphonic for post-production.
Check your server before you install it: Podlove requires PHP 8.0 or higher and WordPress 5.7.0 or higher, which is a stricter floor than the others on this page.
Download Buzzsprout
Buzzsprout’s own plugin is for people already hosting with Buzzsprout. It does not create your podcast; it surfaces it, letting you “embed episodes anywhere on your site using native editor blocks”.
There are two blocks, and between them they cover what most sites need: the Buzzsprout Player block for a single episode, and the Episode List block for showing several with filtering. It is current — version 2.0.3, tested against WordPress 7.1 — and runs on 5,000+ sites. Its 5 out of 5 rating comes from only five reviews, so read that as a small sample rather than a verdict.
It requires WordPress 6.2 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher.
Visit Simple Podcast Press
Simple Podcast Press is the only paid plugin here, and the only one you will not find in the WordPress directory: it is bought from simplepodcastpress.com and supported by the Repurpose.io team.
It works from the other direction to PowerPress. You give it your Apple Podcasts or SoundCloud feed URL and it builds the site side for you: a page per episode, created automatically, each with a mobile-friendly player, the full description and the artwork from the feed. Publish a new episode to your host and the site updates itself.
That makes it a good fit if your podcast already lives somewhere else and you simply want it properly represented on your WordPress site, with URL shortening, timestamps and compatibility across the main podcast platforms.
The eight plugins, at a glance
| Plugin | Status | Version | Active installs | Rating | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blubrry PowerPress | Active | 11.17.9 | 20,000+ | 4.6/5 (231) | WordPress 7.1 |
| Seriously Simple Podcasting | Active | 3.17.0 | 30,000+ | 4.7/5 (329) | WordPress 7.0.4 |
| Podlove Podcast Publisher | Active | 4.5.6 | 3,000+ | 4.4/5 (44) | WordPress 7.1 |
| Buzzsprout Podcasting | Active | 2.0.3 | 5,000+ | 5/5 (5) | WordPress 7.1 |
| Simple Podcast Press | Sold direct, not in the directory | — | — | — | — |
| Sermon Manager | Closed 3 December 2025, security issue | 2.30.0 | not shown (closed) | not shown (closed) | WordPress 6.5.10 |
| Amazon Polly (AWS for WordPress) | Closed 30 September 2022, author request (permanent) | 4.3.2 | not shown (closed) | not shown (closed) | WordPress 5.7.17 |
| Libsyn Publisher Hub | Closed 7 March 2024, security issue | 1.4.4 | not shown (closed) | not shown (closed) | WordPress 6.3.10 |
The five that still work
#1. Blubrry PowerPress
Download PowerPress
PowerPress from Blubrry is the most capable of the free options, and the one to reach for if your podcast feed matters more than the page it sits on. It runs on 20,000+ sites at version 11.17.9, is tested against WordPress 7.1 and rates 4.6 out of 5 from 231 reviews.
It gives you audio and video players with embedded support for platforms like YouTube, and it will publish your feed to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and more. If you are moving in from somewhere else, its migration tools handle a transition “from hosts such as Spotify for Podcasters, SoundCloud, Libsyn, and more” without losing episodes.
Two other things make it the pick. Simple mode walks a new podcaster through set-up in three steps, then Advanced Mode “settings let you dig in as deep as you want” once you know what you need. And its subscribe page and sidebar widgets turn readers into subscribers, which is the part most podcast plugins ignore.
One caveat: PowerPress does not build in listener statistics. It points you at your media host’s web stats or Blubrry’s separate statistics service for granular numbers.
#2. Seriously Simple Podcasting
Download SSP
The name is honest. Seriously Simple Podcasting is the fastest route from a recorded file to a published episode, and it is the most-installed plugin on this page: 30,000+ sites, version 3.17.0, tested against WordPress 7.0.4, and 4.7 out of 5 from 329 reviews.
Everything runs through the native WordPress interface, so there is no new admin area to learn. You get blocks for the player, offering “a standard compact player or feature-rich HTML5 media player that displays your cover art or episode-specific images”.
It handles more than one show on a site: you can “create unique RSS feeds for multiple podcasts”, feature them on the same website and save separate settings for each. Video podcasting is supported too, with embedded players from Vimeo, VideoPress or the standard video block.
Unlike PowerPress, it does include stats. The free Seriously Simple Stats add-on tracks “total listens per episode, by date range, and by listening sources”. The plugin is also built to sync automatically with Castos hosting, which is its commercial side and entirely optional.
#3. Podlove Podcast Publisher
Download Podlove
Podlove Podcast Publisher takes third place on this list: smaller than the two above it, at 3,000+ active installs and 4.4 out of 5 from 44 reviews, but properly maintained at version 4.5.6 and tested against WordPress 7.1.
It is the most technical option here, and that is the appeal. It describes itself as a next-generation publishing system rather than a feed generator, and it covers multi-format publishing across modern audio and video codecs, detailed metadata, an HTML5 player, analytics and an integration with Auphonic for post-production.
Check your server before you install it: Podlove requires PHP 8.0 or higher and WordPress 5.7.0 or higher, which is a stricter floor than the others on this page.
#4. Buzzsprout Podcasting
Download Buzzsprout
Buzzsprout’s own plugin is for people already hosting with Buzzsprout. It does not create your podcast; it surfaces it, letting you “embed episodes anywhere on your site using native editor blocks”.
There are two blocks, and between them they cover what most sites need: the Buzzsprout Player block for a single episode, and the Episode List block for showing several with filtering. It is current — version 2.0.3, tested against WordPress 7.1 — and runs on 5,000+ sites. Its 5 out of 5 rating comes from only five reviews, so read that as a small sample rather than a verdict.
It requires WordPress 6.2 or higher and PHP 7.4 or higher.
#5. Simple Podcast Press
Visit Simple Podcast Press
Simple Podcast Press is the only paid plugin here, and the only one you will not find in the WordPress directory: it is bought from simplepodcastpress.com and supported by the Repurpose.io team.
It works from the other direction to PowerPress. You give it your Apple Podcasts or SoundCloud feed URL and it builds the site side for you: a page per episode, created automatically, each with a mobile-friendly player, the full description and the artwork from the feed. Publish a new episode to your host and the site updates itself.
That makes it a good fit if your podcast already lives somewhere else and you simply want it properly represented on your WordPress site, with URL shortening, timestamps and compatibility across the main podcast platforms.
The three that are closed
These three are still listed on WordPress.org, but they cannot be downloaded and they will not be fixed. If one of them is on a site you look after, take it off.Sermon Manager
Closed on WordPress.org on 3 December 2025 for a security issue. Version 2.30.0 was the last release, and it had already gone two years without an update, tested only to WordPress 6.5.10.
Sermon Manager was the standard way for a church to publish and podcast sermons from WordPress, with speakers, series, topics, books and service types as built-in taxonomies, Bib.ly scripture references and video embeds. Nothing replaces it exactly, but Seriously Simple Podcasting covers the important half: it publishes an audio or video feed, handles more than one series on the same site through separate podcasts, and is actively maintained. Pair it with a theme built for the job from our roundup of the best church WordPress themes.Amazon Polly (AWS for WordPress)
Closed permanently on WordPress.org on 30 September 2022 at the author’s request. Version 4.3.2 was the last release, five years ago, tested only to WordPress 5.7.17.
The plugin turned written posts into synthesised speech and assembled them into an audio feed, so a text blog could be listened to. It was an interesting idea and it is gone; AWS withdrew it rather than it being closed over a flaw. If the goal was a genuine podcast rather than read-aloud posts, PowerPress or Seriously Simple Podcasting is where to start instead.Libsyn Publisher Hub
Closed on WordPress.org on 7 March 2024 for a security issue. Version 1.4.4 was the last release, three years ago, tested only to WordPress 6.3.10.
Libsyn Publisher Hub connected a WordPress site to a Libsyn hosting account so you could create episodes, add Apple Podcasts tags and schedule releases without leaving the dashboard. Libsyn hosting itself is unaffected; it is the WordPress plugin that is gone. If you host with Libsyn, PowerPress is the practical route: its migration tooling names Libsyn among the hosts it moves shows from, and it will publish a feed from files hosted anywhere.
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Excellent roundups of WordPress podcast plugins! Also, I like the way you described each plugins features. I have used the PowerPress podcasting plugin for my site and it’s really been a great experience to using this one. You said the right word! It’s really easy to use for the new users. Thanks a lot for sharing these useful plugins! Keep up the great work!