Podcast Channels
Podcast Channels lets you setup 'Category-Casting' -- a different podcast per category.
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·10 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, Podcast Channels is a WordPress admin plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 7.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.
0/5Rating
10active installs
7.4K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
What do you need to podcast with WordPress? Nothing — WordPress puts enclosures in the feed for you. That’s the bare bones and it works well enough.
But iTunes metadata would be nice. And, how about different info in different categories? Podcast Channels lets you specify iTunes metadata for the home feed, specific category feeds, and even ‘user defined’ (‘Conditional’) feeds (see the FAQ).
Setting up Category Channels
Go to the ‘Media > Podcast Channels’ page to set up the Site Defaults (it’s ‘Manage > Podcast Channels’ for pre-2.7 WP). If you are not happy with the defaults shown in grey, click in the fields to set your own. If you want the main blog page feed to use this data, tick the ‘add to Home Feed’…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.28 – Switched to using the copy of getID3 included in WP since v 3.6
0.26 – Add episode author and episode category options – including taking episode author from the ID3 tags. (Plus a number of other bug fixes and improvements.)
0.25 – Added initial Feedburner support
0.22 – Making it work with WP 2.7
0.21 – important bug fix (i am an idiot)
0.20 – Added duration and explicit metadata for audio items in the Media …
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