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Podcast Player — WordPress RSS Feed Plugin

Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion

by Veda · WordPress.org page · Website

v8.3.3 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 5.6+

Podcast Player has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 710,943 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 23, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Podcast Player at a glance

Active installs
10,000+
Total downloads
710,943
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Podcast Player well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
3%
3 of 113 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • In addition to the features offered in the free version, the pro version of the Podcast Player also provides a variety of additional podcast player layouts.…
  • The pro version of the Podcast Player provides powerful filtering options that allow you to choose which episodes or seasons you want to display on your…
  • With the pro version of the Podcast Player, you have the option to import your podcast episodes as WordPress posts or any other post type. This makes it easy…
  • The Podcast player Pro offers a convenient and flexible way to showcase your podcast, without requiring a feed URL. You can easily add audio MP3 files to your…
  • The pro version of the Podcast Player provides an approximate search feature that helps to get better results when searching for podcast episodes. It searches…

Podcast Player reviews and ratings

113 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.8 out of 5

113 reviews

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  • Simple and to the point

    It does the job as good as (not even better) as paid plugins. And doesn't pollute the page with branding messages either. Thank you guys!

    saeedamnab

  • A Beautiful Player

    Thanks for the player. This player does the basic job.

    Mohsin Alam

  • Best podcast player for Wordpress

    This is the by far the best podcast player I have found for Wordpress sites. It ticks all the boxes for me with a modern customizable podcast player with all the features you need. And it can bring in all your podcast episodes as wordpress posts (or custom post type) which is great for SEO and for having an individual landing page for each episode on your website. Love this plugin!

    podcasthero

  • Does What We Need and Works Well

    It's allowing us to manage podcasts in a convenient way.

    pastorrocklyn

  • works well

    Great Player for my website

    david205

  • Great Podcast Player for My Website

    This plugin displays all of the shows from my spotfiy channel on my website empire. Visitors like listening to the shows that cover Southern California real estate topics in each target market that I have on [my site]

    hometourjay1

Where Podcast Player ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Podcast Player appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best RSS Feed Plugins #10 by tag, #34 in search #9 –
Best Audio Player Plugins #11 in search, not tagged #23 –

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Details

Showcase your podcast only using podcasting feed url. Use widget, shortcode or editor block to display podcast player anywhere on your site.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • feed to audio
  • podcast
  • podcaster
  • podcasting
  • rss feed

More from Veda

Version
8.3.3
Last updated
Aug 23, 2026
First published
Feb 6, 2019
Requires WordPress
4.9
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Podcast Player FAQ

What does Podcast Player do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Podcast Player offers In addition to the features offered in the free version, the pro version of the Podcast Player also provides a variety of additional podcast player layouts., The pro version of the Podcast Player provides powerful filtering options that allow you to choose which episodes or seasons you want to display on your, With the pro version of the Podcast Player, you have the option to import your podcast episodes as WordPress posts or any other post type. This makes it easy, The Podcast player Pro offers a convenient and flexible way to showcase your podcast, without requiring a feed URL. You can easily add audio MP3 files to your and The pro version of the Podcast Player provides an approximate search feature that helps to get better results when searching for podcast episodes. It searches.

How many active installs does Podcast Player have?

WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs for Podcast Player as of September 7, 2026.

Is Podcast Player still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 23, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does Podcast Player have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Podcast Player are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Podcast Player free?

Podcast Player is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Podcast Player rank among RSS Feed Plugins?

Podcast Player is #9 in the WordPress.org "feed" ranking as of today.