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PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

No. 1 Podcasting plugin for WordPress.

By blubrry·Podcast·Free
4.6(231 reviews)
·30K+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry is a WordPress podcast plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 231 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.1M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 15% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Seriously Simple Podcasting.

4.6/5231 reviews
30K+active installs
0%resolved
18 yearssince 2008

Overview

No. 1 Podcasting plugin for WordPress.

This is PowerPress, the ultimate podcasting plugin developed by Blubrry Podcasting. Designed by podcasters for podcasters, PowerPress enables you to publish and manage one or multiple podcasts directly from your WordPress website. Strengthen your brand and reach audiences across all major platforms, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, and more.

Key Features at a Glance:

  • Integrated Players: Choose from audio and video players with embedded support for platforms like YouTube. The ‘Skip to Position in Player’ shortcode allows listeners to jump to specific episode timestamps, and the Playlist Player will enable you to show multiple episodes at a glance.
  • Effortless Podcast Import and Migration: Seamlessly transition…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.6231 reviews
5 ★
197
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7
1 ★
14

Recent Reviews

Please keep your player updated!
by thechildrenshour·7 months 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.

Insanely confusing and a little buggy
by touchdowntech·1 year 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.

Interface is a mess, no cpt
by Anonymous User 11986954·2 years ago·1 reply

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

Super!
by Anonymous User·2 years ago

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

Terrible, Buggy Plugin
by iamklove·2 years ago·3 replies

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.

Download Trends

Today: 300Yesterday: 405This week: 2KPeriod total: 665K

Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.2+ required

Version Adoption

v11.15
63.6%
Other
30.0%
v11.13
6.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

11.15.17

  • Released on 3/02/26
  • Bugfix: Metabox podcast optimziation mobile styling fixes
  • Bugfix: Error outputting html
  • Bugfix: Stale v4v cleanup on update
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

blubrryblubrryAngelo MandatoAngelo Mandato
Plugin Info
Version
11.15.17
Last Updated
Mar 5, 2026
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.2+
Active Installs
30K+
Downloads
6.1M+
Added
Aug 8, 2008
Business
Free

Tags

podcastspotifyapple podcastspodcast rss feedpodcast publishing

Developer

B
blubrry
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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