by Erick Arbe 5 (1 reviews)

Simcast

Name: Simcast
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Erick Arbe

A plugin that connects your WordPress website to your Simplecast podcast hosting account. Displays your most recent podcast episodes and their show no …

Simcast ranks #16,118 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #622 of 3,312 in the Social & Sharing category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Feb 7, 2022. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.9 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 4 years ago Last Update on 07 Feb, 2022

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#622 of 3,312 in Social & Sharing Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

100+

-17.4%

KW Avg Position

0.7 worse

Downloads

2.8K

+1 today

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 23%

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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

Jan 6, 2026 UNPATCHED

Simcast [simcast] <= 1.0.0 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-14077 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Feb 07, 2022
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 5.9
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Erick Arbe

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

Podcast Player podcast podcasting simplecast

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who host a podcast on Simplecast. It connects their WordPress site to their Simplecast account so recent episodes and show notes can be displayed, with an optional embedded player.

Displays recent podcast episodes
Shows episode show notes
Embeds Simplecast player
Simplecast shortcode support
Simplecast settings tab

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Simcast

Yes, that is the only version of the API we support.

Yes, you sure do.

You can add this to your shortcode: limit="10" to just show 10 episodes. Currently the plugin only imports your 30 most recent episodes. If you need more than that please contact me.