Best podcasts plugins for WordPress
The most popular podcasts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. iTunes Podcast Review Manager leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Simple Sponsorships (80+) and WP Podcasts Manager (60+). All 10 plugins tagged “podcasts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 podcasts plugins
- 1.
iTunes Podcast Review ManagerThe most installed podcasts plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 2.
Simple Sponsorships80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 3.
WP Podcasts Manager60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Simple Bulk Episodes10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
European School Radio Widget Block10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Podcast Searcher by Clarify10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 7.
KCSW Feed Player WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 8.
XV PodcastsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
All 10 plugins tagged “podcasts”
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 Sponsorships
Up in the last 7 days:69#17,646by Igor Benic4 years ago
Accept Sponsorships for any type of site, event or product. Manage & Display Sponsors.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Podcasts Manager
Down in the last 7 days:51#19,142by Maulik Vora2 months ago
Short Description: Import and display podcast episodes from RSS feeds including Spotify support.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Simple Bulk Episodes
Down in the last 7 days:5,257#31,632by forlogos4 months ago
A simple way to add a bulk of episodes for the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
European School Radio Widget Block
Down in the last 7 days:781#32,288by European School Radio1 month ago
Gutenberg Block widget for listening to the European School Radio live stream with modern style variants and real-time metadata.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
KCSW Feed Player Widget
Up in the last 7 days:12,079#58,842by ccrsh7 years ago
KCSW Feed Player Widget provides a radio that can run off multiple RSS feeds
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
XV Podcasts
#70,428by Xavi Ivars5 years ago
A very simple podcast plugin. It creates a custom post type, Podcasts, and a custom taxonomy, Podcast Program, to allow to create multiple podcasts f …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day