Podlove Subscribe button

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1. ★★★★★ venan39

   10.8y ago

   great plugin, very good work!

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2. ★★★★★ Bradford243

   11.3y ago

   UPDATE^2: Okay, this is definitely a helpful plugin. Before this app, I was having trouble with it taking too many clicks to get to subscribe on iTunes; and trying to subscribe on Android was just a mess. Very cool solution, and plugin author very helpful and patient with issue which ended up being on server. I wonder if it’s possible to change the color to the typical podcast icon purple, approximately #8A27E7 …? Thanks again, chemiker, and I would definitely recommend this plugin to podcasters who face a similar issue. I will be giving it some love on this week’s episode for sure. ————— UPDATE: It appears that the problem may be Bluehost not running PHP 5.4.2…and the author responded promptly…so raising the rating immediately to 3 stars while I researcg and hope to do better soon. This should be pretty helpful if I can get it to work. ————————— Would love to see this work (and don’t mind updating the rating if it works), but it wouldn’t activate on 4.1.4 or 4.2.1. message: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in public_html/[my domain]/wp-content/plugins/podlove-subscribe-button/podlove.php on line 33

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2023-02-10 Version 1.3.8 FIXED XSS and CSRF vulnerabilities 1.3.8
2. 2019-07-20 Version 1.3.7 FIXED an issue that prevented the subscribe button to appear FIXED a XSS vulnerability 1.3.7
3. 2018-10-02 Version 1.3.6 FIXED autowidth value not saving to options correctly 1.3.6
4. 2018-09-09 Version 1.3.5 Replaced the spectrum color selector with WP Color Picker FIXED multiple color pickers when adding a widget 1.3.5
5. — Version 1.3.12 FIXED XSS vulnerabilities 1.3.12
6. — Version 1.3.11 FIXED SQL Injection vulnerabilities 1.3.11

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

1. Medium · 6.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58227 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.11 Patched in 1.3.12
2. High · 8.8 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗
   2024-02-06 CVE-2024-1118 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 1.3.10 Patched in 1.3.11
3. Medium · 4.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-02-15 CVE-2023-25479 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.9
4. Medium · 5.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_form function ↗
   2023-02-15 CVE-2023-25481 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.9
5. Medium · 5.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via save function ↗
   2023-02-15 CVE-2023-25481 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.9

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

Translated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-10-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-10-06 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-10-05 3K+ → 2K+ down after 661 days in tier
4. 2023-12-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-12-13 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2023-12-11 4K+ → 3K+ down

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).

• S Subscribe Button by AddToAny 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• Podcast Subscribe Buttons 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• Podcast Importer SecondLine 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• Podlove Podcast Publisher 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Podigee WordPress Quick Publish – now with Gutenberg support! 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
• RSS Feed Pro 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B

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Podlove Subscribe button: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/podlove-subscribe-button