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Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion v8.3.3

The Podcast Player is your ultimate solution for playing podcast on your website. It is designed to make the process of playing and showcasing your podcast simple and straightforward. All you need to...

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 14, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 14, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.6+
  • Requires WordPress 4.9+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 54% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 91 Passed
  • 26 Warnings
  • 8 Failed
Security 70/100
Needs Improvement

26 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 80/100
Good

49 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 50/100
Needs Improvement

6 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

725.1 KB

2.7 MB unzipped

Total files

161

across all file types

Lines of PHP

27,440

in 101 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • JS
  • CSS
  • SVG
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 5 Critical
  • 38 High
  • 66 Medium
  • 45 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion, The largest regression was in Performance (-25). The codebase grew 65% in size.

Audited 7.7.4 → 8.3.1 · 30 versions

0 50 100 7.7.4 7.9.7 8.0.2 8.3.1

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 78 155 7.7.4 7.9.7 8.0.2 8.3.1

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

624

downloads

Today

58

downloads

Week over week

−35%

vs previous week

Month over month

−11%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

46% of installs run an older version

≈ 4.6K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v7.9
  • v8.0
  • v8.2
  • v8.3

Ratings

113 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 106
  • 4 2
  • 3 0
  • 2 2
  • 1 3

Support: 1 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 3, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 19 days

average between releases

Total releases

120

since Mar 2019 · 7 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Podcast Player in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Podcast Player v8.3.3 flagged 154 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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