Best episodes plugins for WordPress
The most popular episodes plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Podcast Importer SecondLine leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player (10+) and Podcast Searcher by Clarify (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “episodes” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 episodes plugins
- 1.
Podcast Importer SecondLineThe most installed episodes plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 13 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Podcast Searcher by Clarify
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.SoundBeat Widget
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.show.fm Podcast Player
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
Ausha PodcastFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “episodes”

Podcast Importer SecondLine
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,440by SecondLineThemes1 month ago
A simple podcast import tool for WordPress.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(13)
- Downloads
- 50/day

Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player
Up in the last 7 days:6,163#31,047by Matt Lawhead1 month ago
A polished RSS podcast player with themes, layouts, search, sticky controls, and Podcasting 2.0 support—free forever.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Podcast Searcher by Clarify
Up in the last 7 days:581#42,863by caseysoftware11 years ago
The Clarify plugin allows you to make any audio or video embedded in your posts, pages, etc searchable via the standard WordPress search box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SoundBeat Widget
#47,397by sullits12 years ago
This plugin displays a playable widget of the daily SoundBeat episode. It is designed to be displayed in the left or right sidebar menus.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
show.fm Podcast Player
Up in the last 7 days:6,080#48,686by Dan Maby22 days ago
Podcast player, episode lists and auto-posting for show.fm shows.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ausha Podcast
Down in the last 7 days:15,791#73,586by Ausha12 days ago
The official Ausha plugin. Embed your podcast player and publish your episodes automatically — always in sync with your show.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day