Podcasting the way it's meant to be. No mess, no fuss - just you and your content taking over the world.
As of April 2026, Seriously Simple Podcasting is a WordPress audio plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 326 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.3M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 77% this week. Support resolution rate: 60%. Top alternative: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress….
Seriously Simple Podcasting is a top-rated podcasting plugin for WordPress, built by Castos. Using the onboarding wizard to start a podcast, multiple player options to display your podcast on your site, and multiple free extension modules to supercharge your content, Seriously Simple Podcasting powers over 30K+ podcasts.
The plugin is, and will always remain, free to use. The only costs associated with using Seriously Simple Podcasting is if you choose to host your audio and video files with a dedicated podcast hosting provider, such as Castos. Similar to using a website hosting provider to keep your WordPress site fast and running smoothly, we recommend hosting podcast files with a dedicated provider. But remember, this isn’t required!
Every plugin feature is fully functional, no matter…
He probado varias soluciones para integrar podcasts en WordPress y, sin duda, esta es la mejor. El nombre no miente: es realmente simple de configurar, pero a la vez ofrece todas las herramientas necesarias para un flujo de trabajo profesional. La integración con el panel de WordPress es perfecta y la gestión de episodios es muy intuitiva. ¡Totalmente recomendado para cualquiera que no quiera complicarse la vida!
Useful and easy to manage.
It’s amazing what this team has made available on WordPress completely free. This plug-in really does give you all the tools you need to start a podcast. Setup wasn’t too bad. They have a lot of documentation to guide you through, with tips for common feed errors. I’m no webmaster or developer, but I know enough to be dangerous. If you’ve never set up a podcast before and you’re willing to take some time to learn, everything you need is there.
If you’re utilizing the plug-in and not the Castos paid service, I would at the very least recommend serving your audio files from a CDN. Since this is our first podcast, that’s how we set ours up and we’re currently feeding to Apple and Spotify without any issues. Also, the ability to use Custom Post types that were already part of my setup is invaluable and works great!
While this is all free, it’s also easy to scale up with their paid offering if your show grows to that level, or if you need an automated solution to submit to all the various podcast platforms out there. Although, I haven’t tried actually doing that yet, it sounds promising.
Perhaps unrelated, but I also wanted to quickly comment on their paid offering. When I compared Castos pricing to other providers, Castos came out on top IF you have 2 or more podcasts, because Castos charges one fee for as many shows as you want. Many other providers charge PER show, PER month. So if you only have one show, you will pay a lot less.
It’s not free and so the information is wrong
Soporta muy bien, la web,
| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
2026-03-18
[FIX] Fixed duplicate episodes on Castos when editing an episode after a failed initial sync (#832)
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