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Seriously Simple Speakers

by Craig Hewitt · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.0 Tested up to WP 6.8.8

Seriously Simple Speakers has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 19,999 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 29, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Seriously Simple Speakers at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
19,999
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Seriously Simple Speakers well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

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

  • Allows you to add any number of speakers to your podcast episodes
  • Adds a new speaker taxonomy to all podcast post types
  • Displays speakers in the episode details with links to speaker archives
  • Add speakers without adding a new user for each speaker

Seriously Simple Speakers reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

3 reviews

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  • Very easy to publish your podcast's episodes!

    Once you enter all the settings, it's very easy to publish episodes for your podcast. iTunes picks it up without any difficulties. I am very grateful to Hush for creating such a powerful podcast tools. If you want to see it in action, take a look here: http://nptechprojects.org/podcast Celebrating Internation #podcastday on September 30th, 2016! Oh man, this should have been at the main plugin. Sorry..

    Birgit Pauli-Haack

  • Awesome

    It does what it says. It's lightweight and easy to use. It's really very awesome.

    JoshMB

  • Excellent speaker extension for SSP

    This plugin does a great job extending Seriously Simple Podcasting. It's light, extendable and easy to use. It adds a taxonomy to the main SSP plugin so that Speakers can be added. The readme.txt file (and under the FAQ tab on the WordPress Plugin repository) lays out how to make simple changes to the layout.

    jdisenso

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Details

Add speakers to your Seriously Simple Podcasting episodes.

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

Tags

  • guests
  • hosts
  • podcast
  • seriously simple podcasting
  • speakers

More from Craig Hewitt

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
Apr 29, 2025
First published
Jun 28, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.4
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Seriously Simple Speakers FAQ

What does Seriously Simple Speakers do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Seriously Simple Speakers offers Allows you to add any number of speakers to your podcast episodes, Adds a new speaker taxonomy to all podcast post types, Displays speakers in the episode details with links to speaker archives and Add speakers without adding a new user for each speaker.

How many active installs does Seriously Simple Speakers have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Seriously Simple Speakers as of September 7, 2026.

Is Seriously Simple Speakers still maintained?

The last release was on April 29, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Seriously Simple Speakers free?

Seriously Simple Speakers is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.