by captivateaudio 3 (9 reviews)

Captivate Sync

Name: Captivate Sync
Rating: 3.0 (9 reviews)
Author: captivateaudio

Captivate Sync™ is a WordPress plugin maintained and developed by Captivate, part of the Rebel Base Media family. With our background in Podcast Websi …

Captivate Sync ranks #5,895 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #274 of 3,312 in the Social & Sharing category, a 3/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Jul 2, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v3.3.2 Current Version v3.3.2

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 02 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#274 of 3,312 in Social & Sharing Top 10% by installs Downloads -6% this week

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Rank

#5,895

+9 this week

Active Installs

1K+

-37.9%

KW Avg Position

6.8

0.2 worse

Downloads

29.7K

+7 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

60%

Review 3 out of 5

3 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 17.1%

1K+ 2K+

5,846

Ranks to Climb

Growth Needed

8,000,000

Active Installs

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Reviews & Ratings

3.0

9 reviews

Overall 60%

4 (44%)

0 (0%)

2 (22%)

3 (33%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Dec 21, 2025

Captivate Sync [captivatesync-trade] < 3.3.0

CVE-2025-68570 · Fixed in v3.3.0
May 5, 2025

Captivate Sync [captivatesync-trade] < 3.2.2

CVE-2025-60221 · Fixed in v3.2.2
Dec 2, 2024

Captivate Sync [captivatesync-trade] < 2.0.26

CVE-2024-53820 · Fixed in v2.0.26

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.3.2
Last Updated: Jul 02, 2026
Requires WP: 5.7.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: captivateaudio

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3
Reviews: 9
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Captivate Sync is for independent podcasters who host their podcast on Captivate and want to manage it from WordPress. It solves the problem of manually publishing and syncing podcast episodes by letting users publish, edit, and display episodes directly from their WordPress dashboard.

Manage podcast episodes in WordPress
Publish, schedule, edit, draft episodes
Automatic responsive podcast player embed
Custom shortcodes and page mapping
List and grid view layouts
Custom CSS for shortcodes
Team settings and access restrictions
Compatible with major WordPress builders and themes

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Captivate Sync

Captivate Sync™ is our dedicated free plugin for self-hosted WordPress podcast websites.

Yes. You can use Captivate Sync™ either as a part of a podcast team or with your own Captivate account. For a full list of features, prices and to start a free 7-day trial, check out the website.

Captivate Sync™ has been designed to work harmoniously synchronise your custom WordPress website with your Captivate podcast hosting dashboard. You can create, schedule, publish and edit, all your episodes from your WordPress dashboard, and these changes will automatically update in your Captivate account. There are some features that you will need to hop on over to your Captivate account for, including managing team members, billing changes and other account changes.

While Captivate Sync™ will automatically update your WordPress site with new episodes, occasionally you may need to manually reconnect the plugin to Captivate. This is super easy to do, and you can follow the steps to do that in our help articl

Nope, not with Captivate Sync! Any file you upload and publish via Sync is still hosted on your Captivate account, so there is no extra files being added to your WordPress database.