Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion

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1. ★★★★★ saeedamnab

   4mo ago

   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!

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2. ★★★★★ Mohsin Alam

   5mo ago

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

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3. ★★★★★ podcasthero

   5mo ago

   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!

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4. ★★★★★ pastorrocklyn

   7mo ago

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

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5. ★★★★★ david205

   8mo ago

   Great Player for my website

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6. ★★★★★ hometourjay1

   9mo ago

   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] This topic was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). Reason: removed URL; links not permitted in reviews

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7. ★★★★★ paulc123

   9mo ago

   Love plugins like this. Simple and just work as described.

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8. ★★★★★ Jorge Calle

   9mo ago

   It does that it advertises. Thank you!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 8.3.0 New: Use stable episode identity from RSS GUID/Atom ID/fallback fingerprints so episode filters can survive podcast host changes more reliably. New: One-time legacy episode key mapping keeps existing filtered players and 8.3.0
2. — Version 8.2.3 New: schema.org/PodcastEpisode JSON-LD output on imported episode posts, with a “Schema.org markup” on/off setting (Optimize settings). New: Auto-suppresses our schema when a known provider is active (Yoast, Rank Math, S 8.2.3
3. — Version 8.2.2 New: Replaced MediaElement.js video playback with Podcast Player’s custom audio/video player. New: Added HLS/m3u8 playback support for podcast feeds, including Podcasting 2.0 alternate enclosures. New: Added an advanced 8.2.2
4. — Version 8.2.1 Bug Fix: JS loading issue and Ajax timeout issues for captions. 8.2.1
5. — Version 8.2.0 Modify: Code Refactoring and Improvements. Modify: Shortcode add current post ID. 8.2.0
6. — Version 8.1.0 Modify: Pro compatibility improvements Modify: Admin page improvements 8.1.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 7.2 Podcast Player <= 8.3.0 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2026-08-06 CVE-2026-14860 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 8.3.0 Patched in 8.3.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 7 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Selfhost Podcasting – Create Podcasts Easily 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B
• Captivate Sync 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B
• P Podcast Searcher by Clarify 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Seriously Simple Podcasting 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Buzzsprout Podcasting 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Seriously Simple Transcripts 900+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C

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Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion: 10K+ active installs, 4.8★ (113 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/podcast-player