Staging site removes Category and Artwork on every episode
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I brought this up a year ago because I thought this was important. I’m now creating an overhaul of my website with a new host Hostinger. Previously, I used Siteground and I’ve used Blog Vault, all of whom created exact duplicates of my website.
In every instance, PowerPress stripped the category and artwork from the player. I don’t use the show option rather categories because it has structural value on the website but each category is its own standalone show on streaming platforms complete with individual artwork and a description. Hence, I need the artwork and the category to remain in place so that the feeds know which show to direct that episode in addition to the main feed, which has everything (its own show).
I’m going to place a construction page on my website shortly, but this is not a flaw with the staging setup rather with PowerPress.
Just thought I’d bring that to your attention, again.
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Actually, Category podcasting has always been enabled as has “strict categories” (see attachment).
Honestly, I’m not sure why it does this. I’ve tried staging on three separate services, and they all work perfectly fine, but for whatever reason, the category from the dropdown list and the artwork for each episode is stripped out. It’s blank.
I learned the hard way when I pushed the staging site live last year. I’m not sure how that category from the dropdown list interacts with the actual category assigned in WordPress, but I assume the WordPress category dictates what shows up for that category in PowerPress (though I could be wrong).
Since each category is listed as its own show on streaming platforms, I don’t know if removing the episode from the dropdown list has any effect or not. If it does, it’s important. If it doesn’t, eh. I just want to ensure that only that episode shows up under that category as well as the main feed itself.
As for the artwork, some streaming services, like Amazon, actually pull the artwork, which is why I want it there. Others, like Apple, do not. It just depends. So that, to me, is important.
While I’d prefer to use a staging site, it’s not a do-or-die because I just put up a roadblock to my website instead of creating a staging site when I’m creating an overhaul, but for others, that might be important because they can’t afford to lose traffic. I’d also check to see if it does it with Custom Podcast Channels, Taxonomy Podcasting, and Post Type Podcasting. I’ll bet it does.
The category of the WordPress post will work as well. BUT it has to be the only category for the episode to go in the feed.
I have no idea why it wouldn’t work like it should. Maybe a plugin conflict or a theme conflict?
If you contact me at Blubrry support, I can setup a time we can get on zoom and troubeshoot.
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