Disclaimer
The last update to PodPress took place in 2010. You can probably still run the code, but I would suggest PowerPress which was initially created from a fork of our codebase. I cannot speak to the quality of PowerPress, as I have only used it a little, but it worked fairly well as far as I could tell.
A dream plugin for podcasters using WordPress.
Features
- Full featured and automatic feed generation (RSS2, iTunes, ATOM, and BitTorrent RSS)
- Preview of what your podcast will look like on iTunes
- Podcast download stats, with graphs
- Support for premium content (pay only)
- Makes adding a podcast to a post very simple
- View MP3 ID3 tags when posting
- Control over where the player displays within your post and what it looks like
- Support for various formats, including video podcasting
- Unlimited number of media files
- Automatic media player for MP3, OGG, MP4, MOV, FLV, SWF, ASF, WMV, AVI, YouTube, and more
- Preview image for videos
- Support for separate category podcasts
- Podango hosting integration
History
WordPress is a fantastic blogging platform and while it does have some podcasting support, it is just not all that a podcaster could want.
I searched around and found iPodCatter, which is a good start for getting iTunes support, but it is just not a fully featured podcasters plugin. I then found a very nice Flash MP3 player that I really liked.
With these two plugins as a basis for me to learn how to write a plugin for WordPress and for the core functionality I wanted, I created PodPress, which is intended to be a full blown podcasters plugin for WordPress.
Get it, WordPress, PodPress? Heh, I crack myself up.
Installation
- Extract the
podpressdirectory intowp-content/plugins/ - If you are using WordPress 1.5, use the replacement
wp-rss2.phpfile provided inpodpress/WP1.5_users/ - Login to the site admin, go to Plugins, and activate podPress
- Configure it from the Options menu. The config includes a preview of what your podcast would look like on iTunes.
Note: If using PHP 5 you may need to increase the memory_limit setting in your php.ini to at least 12M if you get a blank screen after enabling the plugin.
Usage
Write a post and at the end add your MP3 filename or full URL. That is it. Adding the MP3 location after your post will show the player in the post and add the enclosure tags to your RSS2 feed. You can set the iTunes-specific settings along with an instant preview of what it will look like in iTunes.
History pages
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