Best podcasting plugins for WordPress
The most popular podcasting plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Seriously Simple Podcasting leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Podcast Player (10K+) and Buzzsprout Podcasting (5K+). All 23 plugins tagged “podcasting” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 podcasting plugins
- 1.
Seriously Simple PodcastingThe most installed podcasting plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 330 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Podcast Player10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 113 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Buzzsprout Podcasting5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Podlove Web Player4K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 14 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Captivate Sync1K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 10 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Seriously Simple Transcripts900+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Podigee for WordPress600+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
Liteweight Podcast400+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 9 reviews, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
iTunes Podcast Review Manager200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 10.
Simple Podcasting100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 23 plugins tagged “podcasting”
Seriously Simple Podcasting
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,084by Craig Hewitt21 days ago
Podcasting the way it's meant to be. No mess, no fuss - just you and your content taking over the world.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(330)
- Downloads
- 389/day
Podcast Player
Up in the last 7 days:8#2,041by Veda3 days ago
Showcase your podcast only using podcasting feed url. Use widget, shortcode or editor block to display podcast player anywhere on your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(113)
- Downloads
- 204/day
Buzzsprout Podcasting
Up in the last 7 days:11#3,205by Buzzsprout23 days ago
The official Buzzsprout plugin. Embed your podcast episodes with editor blocks that always stay up to date with your show.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 59/day
Podlove Web Player
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,581by gerritvanaaken1 month ago
A fast, flexible and responsive podcast player with chapters, transcripts and customizable themes.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.7(14)
- Downloads
- 51/day
Captivate Sync
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,865by captivateaudio1 month ago
Captivate Sync™ is a WordPress plugin maintained and developed by Captivate, part of the Rebel Base Media family. With our background in Podcast Websi …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.2(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Seriously Simple Transcripts
Down in the last 7 days:6#7,211by Craig Hewitt1 month ago
Add downloadable transcripts to your Seriously Simple Podcasting episodes.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Podigee for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:14#8,051by podigee15 days ago
Turn your Podigee podcast episodes into WordPress posts in one click: title, show notes and the Podigee Podcast Player, ready to publish.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Liteweight Podcast
Down in the last 7 days:14#9,225by bPlugins3 months ago
Lightweight podcast plugin for WordPress. Publish unlimited MP3, WAV, and OGG episodes with a responsive HTML5 player, shortcodes, and themes.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
iTunes Podcast Review Manager
Down in the last 7 days:11#11,884by Doug Yuen6 years ago
Get your iTunes podcast reviews from all countries. Checks iTunes automatically and displays your podcast reviews in a sortable table.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Podcasting
Up in the last 7 days:11#13,835by 10up1 month ago
Set up multiple podcast feeds using built-in WordPress posts. Includes a podcast block and podcast transcript block for the WordPress block editor.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Sermon Manager Import
Down in the last 7 days:37#17,312by khornberg7 years ago
Imports sermons into Sermon Manager using ID3 information.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Selfhost Podcasting
Up in the last 7 days:342#21,069by Veda3 months ago
Host and publish audio or video podcasts from your WordPress dashboard. Clean, lightweight, and Apple/Spotify-compliant podcasting RSS feeds.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
podCloud
Up in the last 7 days:106#21,679by podCloud1 year ago
This plugins allow embedding of the podCloud player by pasting a podcast or episode URL into editor.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
La Tecnologeria Podcasting players
Up in the last 7 days:167#23,352by tecnologeria4 years ago
A plugin to add external players easily in your web using shortcodes.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tierra's Audio Playlist Manager
Down in the last 7 days:10#28,188by tierrainnovation16 years ago
Tierra's Audio Playlist Manager offers extensive flexibility when embedding mp3 audio into your posts or templates.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
fresh Podcaster
Up in the last 7 days:288#31,738by freshlabs5 years ago
“fresh Podcaster” is a simple yet customizable plugin to embed podcasts in your posts and pages. Just add a shortcode anywhere.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Podcast Searcher by Clarify
Up in the last 7 days:4,073#36,075by 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
Remove Query Arg from Media URLs ?_=1
Up in the last 7 days:4,407#37,847by Angelo Mandato9 years ago
Remove the query string ?_=1 added by WordPress adds to media URLs in HTML5 audio and video mediaelement.js players.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Podcast Channels
Down in the last 7 days:941#41,506by alanft12 years ago
Podcast Channels lets you setup 'Category-Casting' -- a different podcast per category.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
PowerPress Posts From MySQL addon
Down in the last 7 days:4,927#47,459by machouinard10 years ago
Have a bunch of podcasts stored on your server and aren't excited about creating each post manually? This can help.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
show.fm Podcast Player
#64,753by Dan Maby22 days ago
Podcast player, episode lists and auto-posting for show.fm shows.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PodPoster
Up in the last 7 days:1,281#66,965by Armin Amiri Nasab1 year ago
Transform your WordPress website into a professional-grade podcast publishing platform. Effortlessly generate RSS feeds and manage episodes directly w …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day