by bPlugins 4.3 (9 reviews)

Liteweight Podcast – run your podcast site without the bloat

Name: Liteweight Podcast – run your podcast site without the bloat
Rating: 4.3 (9 reviews)
Author: bPlugins

Lightweight podcast plugin for WordPress. Publish unlimited MP3, WAV, and OGG episodes with a responsive HTML5 player, shortcodes, and themes.

Liteweight Podcast ranks #9,145 among WordPress.org plugins with 500+ active installations, is #425 of 3,312 in the Social & Sharing category, a 4.3/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Jul 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v2.2.7 Current Version v2.2.7

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 26 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#425 of 3,312 in Social & Sharing Top 25% by installs Downloads -19.4% this week

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Rank

#9,145

-5 this week

Active Installs

500+

-6.5%

KW Avg Position

15.6

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Downloads

20.4K

+11 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 600

Total Progress 29%

500+ 600+

541

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Growth Needed

8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

9 reviews

Overall 86%

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.2.7
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2026
Requires WP: 5.2+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 7.1 or higher
Author: bPlugins

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 9
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

Podcast Player audio player mp3 player podcast podcasting

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Liteweight Podcast is for WordPress site owners who want to publish podcast episodes without added site bloat. It solves the problem of needing a lightweight, responsive audio player and easy shortcode-based publishing for MP3, WAV, and OGG episodes.