80
Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion
A stunning podcast player that begs for your attention quite often.
HealthyDeclining
80/100
Users love the clean interface and SEO benefits despite the annoying review prompts.
Active installs
~23,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
113 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-11%
Declining
116 → 104 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -11% in the last year
116/day a year ago→104/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPodcast Player is widely praised for its clean, customizable interface and ability to import episodes as posts, though some users find its review prompts intrusive.
What people like
- +Performs as well as or better than paid or bundled alternatives×2
- +Does not add branding messages to the page
- +Modern, attractive, customizable, and easy-to-use interface×5
- +Can import podcast episodes as posts or custom post types, aiding SEO and landing pages
- +Supports displaying shows from external services like Spotify
- +Free to use
- +Works out of the box with no bugs
Common complaints
- −Prompts administrators to leave a review, which can be intrusive
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.85★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 113 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Simple and to the pointsaeedamnab
- 2026-03-27★★★★★A Beautiful PlayerMohsin Alam
- 2026-03-26★★★★★Best podcast player for WordPresspodcasthero
- 2026-01-28★★★★★Does What We Need and Works Wellpastorrocklyn
- 2025-12-20★★★★★works welldavid205
- 2025-12-03★★★★★Great Podcast Player for My Websitehometourjay1
- 2025-11-20★★★★★Works greatpaulc123
- 2025-11-19★★★★★Simple and to the pointJorge Calle
- 2025-10-29★★★★★Excellent and free!mlplus
- 2025-09-03★★★★★Excellent podcasting plug-in with exceptional supportksbeckett1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
107
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
114
Prior 7-day baseline
111
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,075
Mean release-day peak (30d)
100
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-6.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.18
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
94%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-29%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.82 → 4.85★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered