Title: Featured Podcast Widget Author: Richard Farrar Published: April 18, 2013 Last modified: July 29, 2016 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/featured-podcast-widget.svg) # Featured Podcast Widget By [Richard Farrar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rmfarrar/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featured-podcast-widget.1.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-podcast-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-podcast-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-podcast-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-podcast-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/) ## Description A widget that enables you to display your latest podcast from a category or featured podcast utilising the Blubrry PowerPress plugin’s default player. The widget displays the featured image and excerpt from the post together with a link through from the post’s title. Underneath the post’s excerpt is displayed a media player (the default media player set in your Blubrry PowerPress plugin) linked to the podcast’s MP3 file set in the post via the PowerPress extension. [NOTE] This widget will only function correctly if you have the Blubrry PowerPress plugin installed! ## Screenshots * [[ * Widget configuration screen. ## Installation Installation of this plugin is fairly straightforward: * Download the plugin or search for “featured podcast widget” in your WordPress admin panel * If you downloaded it, copy the folder ‘featured-podcast-widget’ to the plugins directory of your blog * Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress * In the “Widgets” screen, drag the “Featured Podcast Widget” to the widget area of your choice * Configure the widget from the widget panel as required ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/af0e50833eb9cb834f89e9ca5aa9cea29ee590149a525a0afa4a8b29a86b729f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-3918/)󠁿 [Florin Rosoga](https://profiles.wordpress.org/albasiero/) November 16, 2016 excellent [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Featured Podcast Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Richard Farrar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rmfarrar/) [Translate “Featured Podcast Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/featured-podcast-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-podcast-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/featured-podcast-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/featured-podcast-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/featured-podcast-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.2 * Added checkbox option to show podcast post’s featured image. * Added [featuredpodcast] shortcode capability to instigate the widget with passable parameters. #### 1.0.1 * Added checkbox option to show podcast post’s excerpt/summary. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **50+** * WordPress version ** 3.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.5.33** * Tags * [audio](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/audio/)[featured](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured/) [latest](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/latest/)[podcast](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/podcast/) [widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-podcast-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Richard Farrar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rmfarrar/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-podcast-widget/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3NLKT33PGRBVW)