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7 Best WordPress Podcast Plugins

Are you looking for the best WordPress Podcast Plugins? We have evaluated 7 perfect Podcast Plugins for you, choose the best one for your audience.

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Ashok Pandey
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7 Best WordPress Podcast Plugins

What is a podcast or podcasting? Well, I am sure most of you aware of this terminology. It’s one of the unique ways to stream an episodic series of the spoken word digital audio files. The user can listen to the audio as well as can download to a personal device for easy listening.

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One can use streaming applications and podcasting services to integrated and manage podcasting. Do you want to launch a podcast on your WordPress site? We have evaluated 10 best WordPress podcast plugins so you can choose the perfect one for your WordPress website.

Seriously Simple Podcasting

Seriously Simple PodcastingIt is an easy-to-use podcasting solution for WordPress that uses a native WordPress interface and has minimal settings so you can get your podcast up and running quickly. Seriously Simple Podcasting comes with the integrated podcast hosting platform, Castos, enabling the user to host their podcast media files on a dedicated platform.

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You can run multiple podcasts from the same site – each with their own, unique RSS feed. The plugin lets you gather thorough stats on your listeners using the free stats add-on. It supports both audio and video podcasting.

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by BlubrryOne of the best podcasting plugins for WordPress, with simple & advanced modes, players, subscribe tools, and more. PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry features Simple and Advanced modes, multiple audio/video player options, subscribe to podcast page embeds and sidebar widgets, podcasting SEO features, etc.

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It supports Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn and Blubrry Podcasting directories, as well as all podcast applications and clients. PowerPress users who use Blubrry Podcast Hosting may also submit their shows to Spotify.

Buzzsprout Podcasting

Buzzsprout PodcastingOne of the most popular and secure ways to publish a podcast online. Buzzsprout Podcasting v offers reliable hosting to full iTunes support, HTML5 players. It allows user to check the statistics, and has everything you need to publish and promote your podcast.

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The podcasting plugin fetches your podcast episodes from your Buzzsprout feed URL and gives you the option to embed episodes in your page or post on-the-fly. It comes with all Buzzsprout plans, easy to install and works with all self-hosted (WordPress.org) accounts.

Podlove Podcast Publisher

Podlove Podcast PublisherThe Podlove Podcast Publisher saves your time and provides a cutting edge listening experience for your audience. The Publisher makes it easy to create highly expressive, efficient and super compatible podcast feeds with fine-grained control over client behaviour supporting all-important metadata.

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Podlove is a multi-format publishing plugin – embracing all modern and legacy audio and video codecs. The plugin allows the podcaster to provide individual feeds for certain use cases or audiences without adding work for the podcaster during the publishing process.

The plugin also comes with Podlove Web Player plugin (which you do not need to install separately) and fully support its advanced options including multiple audio (MP4 AAC, MP3, Vorbis, Opus) and video (MP4 H.264, WebM, Theora) format support for web browsers.

Libsyn Publisher Hub

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Libsyn Publisher HubPublish podcast episodes straight from WordPress and into your Libsyn show with Libsyn Publisher Hub. The plugin features episode creation, Apple Podcasts optimization tags, creating ID3 tags, automated feed/show migrations, pulling in previously published episodes, and advanced scheduling.

User can directly upload media files to Libsyn, as well as by using already loaded WordPress media or access your Libsyn FTP Dropbox all from one place. The media files stay hosted with Libsyn, and RSS feed will still be generated by Libsyn as well, meaning your web hosting server remains unaffected by your podcast and RSS feed, and media files.

AWS for WordPress

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AWS for WordPressAWS for WordPress lets you create audio versions of your posts, translate them into other languages, and create podcasts. The best part is, you can integrate with Amazon Alexa to listen to your posts on Alexa-enabled devices. Use Amazon CloudFront to accelerate your website and provide a faster, more reliable experience.

Play.ht – Convert Articles to Podcasts

Play.ht – Convert Articles to PodcastsConverts your articles into high-quality audio narrations for your users who prefer listening to your content instead of reading it. Play.ht renders a simple yet beautiful Embedded Player at the top of each article that users can use to ‘play’ the article.

Play.ht enables listeners to increase or reduce listening speed, giving them more control and convenience on consuming content. The Embedded Player also increase share-ability of your article with its built-in sharing options to Twitter, Facebook and Email.

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