Featured Podcast Widget
A widget that enables you to display your latest podcast from a category or featured podcast utilising the PowerPress plugin's default player.
5(2 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, Featured Podcast Widget is a WordPress audio plugin with 50 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress….
5/52 reviews
50active installs
6.0K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
A widget that enables you to display your latest podcast from a category or featured podcast utilising the Blubrry PowerPress plugin’s default player.
The widget displays the featured image and excerpt from the post together with a link through from the post’s title. Underneath the post’s excerpt is displayed a media player (the default media player set in your Blubrry PowerPress plugin) linked to the podcast’s MP3 file set in the post via the PowerPress extension.
[NOTE] This widget will only function correctly if you have the Blubrry PowerPress plugin installed!
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.2+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Added checkbox option to show podcast post’s featured image.
- Added [featuredpodcast] shortcode capability to instigate the widget with passable parameters.
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