by blubrry 4.6 (231 reviews)

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

Name: PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry
Rating: 4.6 (231 reviews)
Author: blubrry

No. 1 Podcasting plugin for WordPress.

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry ranks #1,121 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #139 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 4.6/5 rating from 231 reviews, and was last updated Aug 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v11.17.9 Current Version v11.17.9

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 28 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#139 of 6,303 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -46.1% this week Actively maintained

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20K+

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6.4M

+97 today

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Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (231 reviews)

Next Milestone 30K

Total Progress 92.2%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

231 reviews

Overall 92%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

32 known vulnerabilities on record · 16 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jul 27, 2026

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.16.11

CVE-2026-16293 · Fixed in v11.16.11
Jul 27, 2026

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.17.1

CVE-2026-16294 · Fixed in v11.17.1
Jun 17, 2026

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.16.9

CVE-2026-12098 · Fixed in v11.16.9
May 20, 2026

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.15.11

CVE-2026-24637 · Fixed in v11.15.11
Apr 7, 2026

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.15.16

CVE-2026-2988 · Fixed in v11.15.16
Feb 25, 2026

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.15.11

CVE-2026-23798 · Fixed in v11.15.11
Feb 13, 2026

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.15.14

CVE-2026-32351 · Fixed in v11.15.14
Nov 26, 2025

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.15.3

CVE-2025-13536 · Fixed in v11.15.3
Oct 21, 2025

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.14

CVE-2025-64201 · Fixed in v11.14
Jun 19, 2025

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry [powerpress] < 11.13.12

CVE-2025-49984 · Fixed in v11.13.12

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Plugin Details

Version: 11.17.9
Last Updated: Aug 28, 2026
Requires WP: 3.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.2 or higher
Author: blubrry

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 231
Support Threads: 4
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

apple podcasts podcast podcast publishing podcast rss feed Spotify

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for podcasters who publish through WordPress and want to manage one or more podcasts from their site. It solves the problem of publishing episodes, distributing them to platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and providing listeners with players and subscribe tools, without needing separate podcasting software.

Integrated audio and video players
Skip to Position in Player shortcode
Playlist Player for multiple episodes
Import Podcast and Migrate Media tools
Subscribe page and sidebar widgets
Category Podcasting and Podcast Channels
Multilingual translations and emoji support
Podcasting 2.0 features (transcripts, chapters)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

PowerPress does not allow you to include multiple media files for one feed item (blog post). This is because each podcatcher handles multiple enclosures in feeds differently. Apple Podcasts will download the first enclosure that it sees in the feed ignoring the rest. Other podcatchers and podcasting directories either pick up the first enclosure or the last in each post item. This inconsistency, combined with the fact that Dave Winer does not recommend multiple enclosures, is why the Blubrry PowerPress does not support them. As an alternative, PowerPress allows you to create additional custom podcast feeds and channels to associate any magnitude of media format and/or length in a blog post to specific custom feeds. For example, you can create one blog post associated with separate video and audio podcast feeds, saving you time from entering your show notes twice.

Blubrry's PowerPress does not include media statistics built-in. This is not because Blubrry has its own statistics service, although that's a good reason by itself. Maintaining and calculating statistics is a resource and server intensive task that would detract from an otherwise efficient WordPress podcasting plugin. We recommend using your media hosting's web statistics to give you basic download numbers and, if you are seeking more granular measurements, such as client and geographical information for each episode, you're more than welcome to use the Blubrry Statistics service as well.

You can insert the media player within your blog posts by using the WordPress shortcode feature. The shortcode for PowerPress is [powerpress] (all lowercase). You may use the shortcode to add a player to other media files (non episode files) by specifying the media url in the shortcode: [powerpress url="http://example.com/path/to/media.mp3"] For advanced users with multiple podcast feeds, you may insert the player for a specific feed by specifying the feed slug in the shortcode: [powerpress feed="podcast"] If you want to specify a cover image, add an image attribute which points to the specific image url: [powerpress image="http://example.com/path/to/cover_image.jpg"] This is an experimental feature.

File uploads are tricky to handle because there are so many web hosting variations with different upload size limits. We recommend using an FTP application to upload large media files. FTP is much more efficient than web based uploads and is typically provided by nearly all web hosting providers. Alternatively, you can sign up for a Blubrry hosting plan, which makes file uploads in PowerPress easier. The Media Player does not appear on my site (or the RSS feed is invalid) This can happen when there is a theme or plugin conflict. Please visit our Diagnosing Feed and/or Player Issues for instructions how to resolve such issues.

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the PowerPress Podcasting plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.