26 comments on “WordPress Plugins for Podcasting (or Blogging) – TAP041”

1. Joe says:

   July 11, 2011 at 6:02 pm

   Another great ep! Is there a plugin for the subscription widget you have on your site? It's awesome! Thanks

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2. Daniel J. Lewis says:

   July 12, 2011 at 9:05 am

   Thank you, Joe!

   No, that subscription widget, similar to the Subscribe & Follow widget, is something I custom-coded with CSS and CSS3 (make sure you see it in Chrome or Firefox!).

   But this is something that I'm happy to custom-code and design for someone else, too. If you or anyone else is interested in hiring me to create a similar widget, please me at Daniel@Noodle.mx.

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3. Steve Stewart says:

   July 12, 2011 at 9:06 pm

   WOW Daniel! You threw a lot of stuff at us in a short period of time. I was listening to it while driving (long interstate in farmland), taking some notes until I realized I had to turn the darn piece of paper over. What did I write on the other side? TAP041 shownotes.

   OK, gotta get off the internet and into my WordPress Dashboard. Got some tweekin' to do.

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   1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

      July 13, 2011 at 8:21 am

      LOL! Sometimes I worry about the people listening to my episodes while driving. "Please listen responsibly."

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4. Caspar says:

   July 13, 2011 at 11:55 am

   Hey,
   totally curious about the lack of PodPress! I always assumed that it was pretty much the 'default' option for podcasters using WordPress! Do you just not like it?

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   1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

      July 13, 2011 at 3:09 pm

      Hi, Caspar.

      Did you listen to the episode? I explain it more there.

      Yes, PodPress used to be the best plugin for podcasting. But then tech support ceased, the forums were overrun with spam, development stopped, and the site went down. Although PodPress has been picked back up again, it is still poorly developed, over-bloated (there's bloat, and then there's over-bloat), and not compatible with the latest technologies (often including the latest versions of WordPress itself).

      I don't like PodPress because it is an undead plugin walking around like a podcasting zombie.

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   2. Allan Bunt says:

      July 13, 2011 at 3:42 pm

      PodPress doesn't have good support anymore. I switched over to PowerPress and have not looked back. solid performance and better stats. Support just an email away same day response

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5. Allan Bunt says:

   July 13, 2011 at 3:36 pm

   Hi Daniel! I am trying to decide which comment plugin to use. I see Mr. Ravenscraft uses Disqus. have you tried both IntenseDebate Comments or Disqus Comment System? which do you like better? customizable to match my custom theme css?

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   1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

      July 13, 2011 at 3:41 pm

      Hi, Allan! Did you get to hear the episode already? In it, I briefly said why I like IntenseDebate more. Essentially, it's by the same people that made WordPress and it falls back to standard WordPress comments if Javascript doesn't load. Disqus has no fallback in the absence of Javascript.

      I will be re-evaluating the two, and perhaps write or podcast a comparison.

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      1. wiav8r says:

         July 14, 2011 at 10:54 am

         Thanks Daniel! Yes I heard it in the pod cast somewhere. (I am not a good listener I guess :P) This was a GREAT podcast! I will be trying the rest of plugins later. Again, thank you for the good info.

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6. wiav8r says:

   July 13, 2011 at 4:33 pm

   I think I will give intense a try!

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7. Elton McManus says:

   July 16, 2011 at 3:20 am

   Thanks for the great show. I've been listening since Ep 1 and use it as a tool.
   Keep up the wonderful information. (Sorry, I'm not great at writing overblown comments)

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   1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

      July 16, 2011 at 9:16 am

      Thank you for the compliment! That you aren't great at "writing overblown comments" is not a bad thing. In fact, it probably saves us all a bunch of time. 😛

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8. Andrew McGivern says:

   July 18, 2011 at 9:33 pm

   Great episode, I use a lot of the same plugins.
   I also use TubePress to easily make a video page pulled from Youtube and / or Vimeo. And Empire Avenue Tools to put an Empire Avenue badge on the sidebar.

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   1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

      July 18, 2011 at 9:36 pm

      Thanks, Andrew! I'll check out TubePress, but did you know you can simply paste a YouTube link on its own line in a post and WordPress automatically embeds a player?

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      1. Andrew McGivern says:

         July 19, 2011 at 1:32 am

         Yes… that is very cool. TubePress takes your Youtube videos (or Vimeo) and creates a page on your WordPress site with all your videos on the same page. I like it but it would be better of course if I had more videos… I'm working on that.

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9. JamesFestini says:

   September 28, 2011 at 2:29 pm

   AARGH! Daniel I wanted you to know that one 2 occasions as I was looking for the options for cache I tried w3 cache and it totally crashed my site. I had to call yahoo and fix it. It may only be an issue with yahoo hosted wordpress but it is 2x. so Beware. I am on the line with them now and know that the Supercache is the right one…I hope. Otherwise this episode has been the best one EVER!

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   1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

      September 28, 2011 at 3:10 pm

      I'm sorry your site isn't working well with W3 Total Cache, James. It is a rather thorough caching system and, as such, may use options that your host doesn't support.

      Here's a quick way that you can disable it to get back to your WordPress.

      1. Delete /w3-total-cache/ folder from wp-content/plugins/.
      2. Edit your .htaccess file and remove anything between "# BEGIN W3TC …" and "# END W3TC …" (there may be multiple blocks like this).

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11. Zach Jenkins says:

    March 8, 2012 at 1:47 am

    Daniel, I’m just curious. Does Amazon Reloaded still work for you? I had just tried to use it and it says that the credentials are not working. Supposedly Amazon changed something and Amazon Reloaded isn’t being updated anymore. Do you have any other suggestions?

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    1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

       March 8, 2012 at 11:37 am

       I’m glad you brought that up, Zach. I’ve had that problem for a while, but Amazon reloaded would still work for me. However, I tried to other plugins for a client: Amazon Link (my choice) and WordPress-Amazon-Associate.

       I like Amazon Link because it lets me handle styling more from a template, rather than each product insertion.

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       1. Zach Jenkins says:

          March 8, 2012 at 1:08 pm

           Thanks! I will check those out!

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12. Doug T. says:

    July 25, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    Hey. Just found this. Thanks from a Christian brother. Good info.

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    1. Daniel J. Lewis says:

       July 26, 2012 at 3:48 pm

       I’m glad it helped, Doug! Have you started your podcast yet?

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14. Daniel J. Lewis says:

    April 19, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    Now, I use and recommend EasyAzon
    Pro.

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