10 Best Podcast Player Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Podcast Player sits at #9 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Podcast Player
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Super RSS Reader
Closest matchSuper RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget
4.6 (66) 9,000+ active installsDisplay any RSS feed(s) in widget with news ticker effect in multiple tabs, thumbnails, customizable color themes and more.
#3 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated August 2, 2026.
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5.0 (1) 2,000+ active installsAdds MRSS namespace to the feed and uses post-thumbnail as media element in the feed. Settings available under Settings -> Reading.
#10 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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3.9 (17) 10,000+ active installsModifies RSS feeds so that they include pages and not just posts.
#4 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher
4.8 (514) 10,000+ active installsWPeMatico is autoblogging in the blink of an eye! On complete autopilot, WPeMatico delivers fresh content to your site regularly!
#1 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.3 (12) 2,000+ active installsAdds the featured image attached to posts to the beginning of the post content and excerpt in RSS feeds.
#5 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated June 26, 2026.
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3.9 (26) 2,000+ active installsRSS Feed Widget with customizable slider. Feed title, description, image, censorship and a few other features which you can use.
#6 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated December 19, 2025.
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3.8 (24) 2,000+ active installsImport content from any XML or RSS file or URL. Very useful for importing content from Wix websites.
#7 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 26, 2026.
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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds
4.9 (29) 20,000+ active installsGN Publisher makes RSS feeds that comply with the Google News RSS Feed Technical Requirements for including your site in the Google News.
#2 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 28, 2026.
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5.0 (7) 10,000+ active installsDisables all RSS/Atom/RDF feeds on your WordPress site.
#8 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated May 29, 2026.
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4.4 (44) 3,000+ active installsThe one and only next generation podcast publishing system. Seriously. It's magical and sparkles a lot.
Shares the podcast tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
Podcast Player against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Podcast Player vs Super RSS Reader10,000+ vs 9,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.6
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Podcast Player vs Feed Post Thumbnail10,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 5.0
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Podcast Player vs RSS Includes Pages10,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 3.9
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Podcast Player vs WPeMatico10,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Podcast Player vs Add Featured Image to RSS Feed10,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.3
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Podcast Player vs RSS Feed Widget10,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 3.9
Switching from Podcast Player: common questions
What is the best alternative to Podcast Player?
Super RSS Reader is the closest match: it shares the RSS Feed Plugins top 10 with Podcast Player and has 9,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Podcast Player alternative has the most users?
GN Publisher, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Podcast Player alternative is rated highest?
WPeMatico, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 514 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Podcast Player alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Podcast Player score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Podcast Player on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Super RSS Reader is the closest match to Podcast Player by the data we track, and GN Publisher has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Podlove Podcast Publisher shipped the most recent release, on August 29, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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