Podlove Web Player

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Reed Sutton

   2.3y ago

   Best podcast player for wordpress out there. I’ve tried them all!

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2. ★★★★★ randals

   4.5y ago

   This is a fantastic plug-in and definitely underrated. As far as free players go, nothing is as flexible and customizable as this and I’ve tried them all. There IS a learning curve to get it to do what you like. I imagine that is where some of the negative reviews stem from. However, with the customization system in the plug-in’s settings and a little extra CSS you can essentially strip each element down and arrange it how you like. I’ve used this to create fully custom players on a podcast network website (dealing with multiple podcast series) with dynamically loaded episodes. It took some trial and error BUT it works, I couldn’t achieve the same with other players, and it’s free. 5 stars.

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3. ★★★★★ Sven Wagener

   4.9y ago

   In combination wit the Podcast Publisher this is the most underused and underrated plugin for podcast publishing. Thanks for your work!

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4. ★★★★★ Sven de Vries

   5.3y ago

   166 / 5000 Übersetzungsergebnisse I’ve been using the player for many years. The project is open source and is maintained very lovingly by only a few people. I am thoroughly satisfied.

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5. ★★★★★ michaellow

   5.8y ago

   Next episode plays automatically all the time. No way to stop it. No community, no support. If it breaks, you are alone.

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6. ★★★★★ Tarak Nath Gorai

   6.3y ago

   The look and feel is smooth… responsive.. themeing .. and also the transcript work better than he version 4

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7. ★★★★★ benhartwich

   6.3y ago

   The web player plugin hasn´t been updated for a while, but there are very great features developed now. Thanks for your work!

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8. ★★★★★ dorf

   8.4y ago

   Works great, easy to use. I was worried because of the 1 star ratings. It appears those are pretty old, 4-5 years. Those ratings should age out. It works in Firefox. It is exactly what I was looking for.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.9.2 Improve duration parsing security 5.9.2
2. — Version 5.9.1 Update software dependencies 5.9.1
3. — Version 5.9.0 Update to Podlove Web Player 5.13.0 Verify WordPress 6.7 compatability 5.9.0
4. — Version 5.7.5 Improve PHP 8 compatability Improve compatability with WordPress 6 5.7.5
5. — Version 5.7.4 Fix security vulnerability 5.7.4
6. — Version 5.7.3 Fix security vulnerability 5.7.3

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

1. High · 7.5 Podlove Web Player <= 5.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection ↗
   2026-03-03 CVE-2026-24385 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 5.9.1 Patched in 5.9.2
2. Medium · 5.3 Podlove Web Player <= 5.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure ↗
   2024-06-06 CVE-2024-35710 Missing Authorization Affects <= 5.7.3 Patched in 5.7.4
3. Medium · 6.4 Podlove Web Player <= 5.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-03-25 CVE-2024-29788 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.7.1 Patched in 5.7.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 6 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-12 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-11-11 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-11-10 5K+ → 4K+ down after 680 days in tier
4. 2023-12-31 6K+ → 5K+ 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).

• Seriously Simple Podcasting 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Buzzsprout Podcasting 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• La Tecnologeria Podcasting players 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• P Podcast Searcher by Clarify 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Compact WP Audio Player 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B

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Podlove Web Player: 4K+ active installs, 3.7★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/podlove-web-player