Seriously Simple Transcripts

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1. ★★★★★ Azurite

   5mo ago

   At the end of the day, it feels like this plugin is just a glorified accordion dropdown in the editor. Yes, you can add a transcript file (as in, a caption/subtitle file? At least, that’s what SRTs and VTTs are, usually, but the FAQs mention a PDF, and the plugin itself suggests TXT), but that has no impact whatsoever on the Transcript widget/block that shows up in your editor, which is just plain text. It adds a download link below the Castos Player widget. For some reason, mine had the open/close chevron show just fine in the editor, but on the published page, it rendered as incomplete HTML (the num-code for the character). Since there seems to be no connection between the subtitle FILE and the subtitle widget/block, I just replaced it on my podcast episode page with an Elementor Accordion widget, which works better for my purposes. The screenshots on the Installation page at out-of-date; the plugin does NOT show up in the block/widget selection as “Castos Transcripts” or even use the same icon (at least not in Elementor); it uses just the word “Transcripts” and is very basic in its functionality; you can’t change the icon used for the dropdown, but you can set the general Typography and Color, and you can opt to hide it from your RSS feed.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 621 days in tier
2. 2024-03-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-03-20 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
4. 2024-03-17 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-03-15 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-03-14 900+ → 1K+ up

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
• Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Buzzsprout Podcasting 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Captivate Sync 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Seriously Simple Speakers 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
• Liteweight Podcast – run your podcast site without the bloat 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B

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Seriously Simple Transcripts: 900+ active installs, 3.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/seriously-simple-transcripts