Selfhost Podcasting – Create Podcasts Easily
by Veda · Content & Feeds
Also makes 2 other plugins · 10K+ installs across the portfolio →
Host and publish audio or video podcasts from your WordPress dashboard. Clean, lightweight, and Apple/Spotify-compliant podcasting RSS feeds.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
40+
≈42 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “podcasting”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 2.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 19 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 93 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| podcasting your tag | #13 | #20 | down 1 |
| podcaster your tag | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| podcast rss feed | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| apple podcasts | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| podcast your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rss feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video podcast your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “podcasting”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “podcast”, “rss feed” and “video podcast” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 26 Jul 2025 · 463 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 515 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
19
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.4.0 · 31 Jul 2026
29
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 131 days.
Install history since 30 Jul 2025
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Host and publish audio or video podcasts from your WordPress dashboard. Clean, lightweight, and Apple/Spoti..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use cases", "who want", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare, Amazon S3.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,712 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "podcaster" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 40+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 30+ → 20+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 20+ → 30+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-06-22 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
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).
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Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A -
Captivate Sync 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B - P Podcast Searcher by Clarify 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Seriously Simple Podcasting 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Buzzsprout Podcasting 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Seriously Simple Transcripts 900+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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