How to Create a Podcast Website with WordPress (2026)

How to Create a Podcast Website with WordPress

A dedicated podcast website gives you ownership of your audience, distribution flexibility, and a searchable archive of episodes. WordPress is the platform of choice for podcasters who want control over their content and brand.

Why Podcast on WordPress?

• Own your RSS feed — not locked to a third-party platform
• Full control over episode pages, show notes, and transcripts
• SEO benefit from detailed episode content
• Monetization flexibility: ads, Patreon, courses, coaching
• Email list building integrated directly into episode pages

Choose a Podcast Plugin

Seriously Simple Podcasting (free): The most popular podcast plugin. Clean episode management, customizable player, RSS feed generation, and Castos integration for hosting. Best starting point for most podcasters.

PowerPress (free, by Blubrry): Feature-rich with iTunes-specific fields, chapter markers, and podcast statistics. Good for technically-minded podcasters.

Podlove Podcast Publisher (free): German-built, highly extensible, excellent for multi-format distribution. More complex setup.

Episode Audio Hosting

Don't self-host large audio files on your WordPress server — use a dedicated podcast host for audio storage and delivery:

• Buzzsprout: Free (limited), from $12/mo. Excellent analytics and Spotify distribution.
• Transistor.fm: $19/mo, unlimited shows, great analytics.
• Castos: Integrates natively with Seriously Simple Podcasting.

Submit to Directories

After publishing your first 3 episodes, submit your RSS feed to:

• Apple Podcasts: podcasters.apple.com
• Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com
• Amazon Music/Audible: music.amazon.com/podcasters
• Google Podcasts: Handled automatically via your RSS feed

Episode Page Best Practices

Each episode page should include: embedded player, full show notes (500+ words for SEO value), guest bios, timestamps, links mentioned, and a transcript. This content drives long-tail search traffic and makes episodes accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.