Seriously Simple Podcasting vs Spreaker Shortcode
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| Feature | Seriously Simple Podcasting v3.17.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Spreaker Shortcode v1.8.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 4,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | September 16, 2024 |
| Editions | Seriously Simple Podcasting | Spreaker Shortcode |
| Pros | Podcast feed, players, blocks and widgets in one plugin; Podping notifications for feed updates; RSS import for moving an existing show | One shortcode embeds an episode, show or private show; Size, theme, cover and playlist options are passed to the player; No settings screen or database tables to manage |
| Cons | Hosted sync and statistics need a paid Castos account; Several features depend on Castos settings | Playback depends on the external Spreaker widget; Some player options need a paid Spreaker plan; Last release is from 2024 and the plugin has no admin settings |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Podcast episode post type, Podcast RSS feed, Import episodes from an RSS feed, Podping feed update notifications, Gutenberg blocks and audio players, Elementor settings extender, Podcast schema output, REST API for episodes and podcast settings, Hosted sync with Castos ($) | Embed an episode, a show's latest episode or a private show, Player size, light or dark theme, colour and cover image, Playlist, continuous, loop and autoupdate playlist options, Accepts the older resource-based embed code |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Elementor, Polylang | — |
| Other | Castos ($), Podping | Spreaker |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 2.5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.6.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | app.castos.com, episodes.castos.com, podping.cloud | widget.spreaker.com |
| Blocks | 6 | — |
| Shortcodes | 7 | 1 |