Blubrry Powerpress Podcast Plugin from RawVoice
Wordpress in it's default instal configuration does not support podcasting at a level that most people need. The Powerpress Podcast Plugin has all of the elements needed to have you podcast RSS feed in completed compliance in order to obtain a iTunes listing and is optimized for listings in podcast directories and the Zune Marketplace.
The Powerpress plugin also includes a player that you can configure to appear on your blog posts so guests can listen/view your podcast episodes straight from your website. It should be noted that nearly 50% of people listen to podcast online versus through their portable media player.
Features Include:
- Easily add/modify/remove podcast episodes from blog posts
- Integrated media player
- iTunes RSS tags
- iTunes album/cover art
- Standard RSS Feed album/cover art
- Ability to upload new cover art
- Ping iTunes
- Media size detection
- Duration length detection (mp3 only)
- 3rd party statistics integration
The Powerpress Podcast Plugin has had a high level of Quality Assurance to ensure that all RSS Specification and Apple iTunes standards are met with flawless integration with Wordpress Version 2.5 and greater.
I think you will find that this Podcast Plugin for Wordpress to have all of the required element needed without impacting the performance of your website and system databases. This plugin has been designed by podcasters with 4 years of experience in the space.
Limitations (not in our opinion)
Blubrry Powerpress does not allow you to include multiple enclosures in one blog post. This is because each podcatcher handles multiple enclosures differently. iTunes 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 inconsistancy and combined with the fact that Dave Winer does not recommend multiple enclosures is why the Blubrry Powerpress does not support them.
Blubrry Powerpress does not include media statistics. This is not because Blubrry has its own statistics service, though that's a good reason by itself, but because maintaining and calculating statistics is a resource and server intensive task that would add bloat to an otherwise lightweight wordpress podcasting plugin. We recommend you use your media hosting's statistics and you're more than welcome to use the RawVoice Statistics service as well.
Requirements
Wordpress 2.5 or newer.
Download Blubrry Powerpress
Installation Instructions
- Drop the entire directory from the downloaded zip file into the /wp-content/plugins/.
- Activate the "Blubrry Powerpress" plugin in the Plugin Management page.
- Configure Blubrry Powerpress by going to the Settings > Blubrry Powerpress page.
Have any suggestions, comments, code or thoughts about the plugin? Let us know!
