PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

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128 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 117 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

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

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; the previous band took 20 months to cross, which places it about 71% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ thechildrenshour

   1.2y ago

   You worked so well for so many years. What happened? Sometimes a transcript link is displayed. And sometimes not. There is no logic for the discrepancy between my episodes and how we upload transcripts and the audio. Same process – week after week for years – and yet — Sometimes audio isn’t playable on your player at my site, but is appearing on all the podcast feeds. So what’s the problem? We can’t say! I want to be able to have more customization of the player, like the option not to display it on a particular episode. Because your player has become glitchy so when it’s not working I want to take it off an episode page and build my own. Thanks for working on all the kinks and bugs … I do want to love you more and rate you higher.

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2. ★★★★★ touchdowntech

   1.6y ago

   The settings for managing your podcast with the PowerPress plugin are very confusing. But equally disappointing is how buggy it is. For example if you click on PowerPress, it’ll try to get you to reconnect to Blubrry (even though that’s already been done), using custom post types don’t work the way you’d think, and prepare yourself to have a PowerPress widget on every edit page regardless if you intend to use that post type for podcasting or not. The Blubrry hosting service is great, but the PowerPress plugin is a nightmare. Pray you can get it working and then don’t touch anything.

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 11986954

   2.8y ago

   Not event bothered to use a custom post type. The interface is a mess.

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4. ★★★★★ Anonymous User

   2.9y ago

   The Plugin, the Team, the Support, everything is STELLAR. Kudos to an amazing developer!

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5. ★★★★★ iamklove

   3.5y ago

   This plugin does not work at all. I tried it once, then deactivated and deleted it. Later on, I decided to give it another shot. Somehow, even though I had cleared the WP cache and dropped any and all parts of the database, it remembered the podcast. So, I couldn’t import the episodes, because this stupid plugin said they already existed. There’s no way for me to delete the podcast and start over. Huge waste of time.

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6. ★★★★★ Masum Billah

   3.5y ago

   One-stop podcast solution

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7. ★★★★★ brothered2021

   4.4y ago

   I’ve been using this now for almost 7 years, with about 250-300 podcasts per year. There have been some blips, some caused by own ignorance and some hiccups in the software but all in all it’s been a real workhorse and has been one of the focal points of the podcast. The support team is outstanding and they’ve been gracious and patient with me. Can’t recommend this enough…

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8. ★★★★★ adabob

   5.6y ago

   Delete this review

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 11.16.11 Security improvement recommended by Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi 11.16.11
2. — Version 11.16.10 Update and Improvement for importer 11.16.10
3. — Version 11.16.9 Security improvements 11.16.9
4. — Version 11.16.8 Fix blank post editor caused by network assets enqueuing on init 11.16.8
5. — Version 11.16.7 Test + Bump to wordpress 7.0 Add rawvoice:pid tag to feeds 11.16.7
6. — Version 11.16.6 Fix post editor load order bug Fix admin dashboard state bug Add new tool for resetting oauth connection to Blubrry Align styling in post editor 11.16.6

All 31 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (11.18.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 5.3 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.17.9 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-10-05 CVE-2026-104387 Missing Authorization Affects <= 11.17.9 Patched in 11.17.11
2. Patched Medium · 5.3 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.17.9 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure ↗
   2026-10-05 CVE-2026-104388 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 11.17.9 Patched in 11.17.11
3. Patched Medium · 4.3 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.17.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2026-10-05 CVE-2026-104407 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 11.17.9 Patched in 11.17.11
4. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress 11.13.12 - 11.17.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2026-10-05 CVE-2026-97354 Server-Side Request Forgery Affects 11.13.12 - 11.17.9 Patched in 11.17.11
5. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress <= 11.17.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-09-25 CVE-2026-97319 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.17.1 Patched in 11.17.2
6. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry < 11.17.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2026-08-14 CVE-2026-16294 Server-Side Request Forgery Affects < 11.17.1 Patched in 11.17.1
7. Patched Medium · 6.4 Blubrry PowerPress <= 11.16.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-07-27 CVE-2026-16293 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.16.10 Patched in 11.16.11
8. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.16.8 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'embed' Episode Meta Field ↗
   2026-06-17 CVE-2026-12098 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.16.8 Patched in 11.16.9
9. Patched Medium · 6.5 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.15.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗
   2026-05-20 CVE-2026-24637 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 11.15.10 Patched in 11.15.11
10. Patched Medium · 6.4 Blubrry PowerPress <= 11.15.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via powerpress and podcast Shortcodes ↗
    2026-04-07 CVE-2026-2988 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.15.15 Patched in 11.15.16
11. Patched High · 7.5 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.15.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection ↗
    2026-02-25 CVE-2026-23798 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 11.15.10 Patched in 11.15.11
12. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting <= 11.15.13 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2026-02-13 CVE-2026-32351 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.15.13 Patched in 11.15.14
13. Patched High · 8.8 Blubrry PowerPress <= 11.15.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload via 'powerpress_edit_post' ↗
    2025-11-26 CVE-2025-13536 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 11.15.2 Patched in 11.15.3
14. Patched Medium · 4.3 PowerPress Podcasting <= 11.13.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
    2025-10-21 CVE-2025-64201 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 11.13.12 Patched in 11.14
15. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting <= 11.13.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
    2025-06-19 CVE-2025-49984 Server-Side Request Forgery Affects <= 11.13.11 Patched in 11.13.12
16. Patched High · 8.8 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.12.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-04-23 CVE-2025-46264 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 11.12.5 Patched in 11.12.6
17. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting <= 11.12.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-04-09 CVE-2025-32690 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.12.5 Patched in 11.12.6
18. Patched Medium · 5.4 PowerPress Podcasting <= 11.12.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
    2025-04-09 CVE-2025-32691 Server-Side Request Forgery Affects <= 11.12.6 Patched in 11.12.7
19. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting <= 11.9.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-03-24 CVE-2024-9230 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.9.17 Patched in 11.9.18
20. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting <= 11.9.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-03-02 CVE-2024-9227 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.9.17 Patched in 11.9.18
21. Patched Medium · 6.4 Powerpress <= 11.9.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via skipto Shortcode ↗
    2024-10-10 CVE-2024-9543 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.9.18 Patched in 11.9.19
22. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.9.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via media_url Parameter ↗
    2024-07-11 CVE-2024-6588 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 11.9.10 Patched in 11.9.11
23. Patched Critical · 10.0 Several WordPress.org Plugins <= Various Versions - Injected Backdoor ↗
    2024-06-24 CVE-2024-6297 Embedded Malicious Code Affects 11.9.3 - 11.9.4 Patched in 11.9.6
24. Patched Medium · 6.4 PowerPress <= 11.0.11 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL ↗
    2023-09-13 CVE-2023-4820 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 11.0.12 Patched in 11.0.12
25. Patched Medium · 5.4 PowerPress <= 11.0.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via wp_ajax_powerpress_media_info ↗
    2023-08-29 CVE-2023-41239 Server-Side Request Forgery Affects <= 11.0.6 Patched in 11.0.7
26. Patched Medium · 4.4 PowerPress <= 10.2.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Feed[title]' ↗
    2023-06-06 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 10.2.3 Patched in 10.2.4
27. Patched Medium · 5.4 PowerPress <= 10.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
    2023-04-17 CVE-2023-30778 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 10.0.1 Patched in 10.0.2
28. Patched Medium · 5.4 PowerPress <= 10.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
    2023-04-11 CVE-2023-1917 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 10.0 Patched in 10.0.2
29. Patched High · 7.2 PowerPress <= 8.3.7 - Arbitrary File Upload ↗
    2020-10-11 CVE-2021-24123 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 8.3.7 Patched in 8.3.8
30. Patched Medium · 6.1 PowerPress <= 6.0.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2015-09-14 CVE-2015-9410 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.0.4 Patched in 6.0.5
31. Patched Medium · 6.1 PowerPress <= 6.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2015-01-29 CVE-2015-1385 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.0.0 Patched in 6.0.1

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

Translated into 57 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 33 more locales with partial translations.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-13 30K+ → 20K+ down after 590 days in tier
2. 2024-09-30 40K+ → 30K+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2024-09-26 30K+ → 40K+ up after 3 days in tier
4. 2024-09-23 40K+ → 30K+ down after 507 days in tier
5. 2023-05-05 50K+ → 40K+ down after 489 days in tier
6. 2022-01-01 60K+ → 50K+ down after 1402 days in tier
7. 2018-03-01 50K+ → 60K+ up after 907 days in tier
8. 2015-09-06 40K+ → 50K+ up

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PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry: 20K+ active installs, 4.6★ (231 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/powerpress