Does the plugin fully support WordPress.com-hosted sites? | WordPress.org

Jagveer Chauhan
(@jagveerblueastral)

10 months ago

Hi,

I’m using Seriously Simple Podcasting on a WordPress.com-hosted site and noticed that the plugin generates podcast media URLs like

domain_name/podcast-player/{post_id}/{slug}.mp4

However, on WordPress.com, media files are served from a different CDN domain (e.g. videos.files.wordpress.com), and this causes the video player to break — the video doesn’t load or play.

Even when I manually add the correct media URL in the episode file field, the plugin still renders a broken /podcast-player/ URL instead of using the actual CDN link directly.

Could you please confirm if the plugin fully supports WordPress.com-hosted sites, especially for video playback?
If not, is there a recommended workaround, or is support planned for the future?

Thanks in advance!

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Plugin Author Serhiy Zakharchenko
(@zahardoc)

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Hi @jagveerblueastral

Did you try using this article to fix the issue? – https://support.castos.com/article/298-bypass-rules-for-nginx-hosted-websites
Basically, you’ll need to disable the lightweight 404 feature.

Also, do you use the Seriously Simple Stats plugin?
Usually, URLs like domain_name/podcast-player/{post_id}/{slug}.mp4 are used to track listening stats. So, an alternative solution would be to disable the Stats plugin — in that case, the real audio file URL will be used instead.

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