Angelo Mandato

<p><strong>Podcast Blocks</strong> makes it easy to turn any WordPress site into a full-featured podcast website. Add the <em>Podcast Episode</em> Gutenberg block to any post, upload or link your audio or video file, and the site will take over from there.</p>
<p>This truly is a simple podcasting plugin with the intent to stay simple and lightweight and does not require a paid subscription to use it.</p>
<p>ATTENTION: This version is intended for new podcasts. Migrating from an existing podcasting WordPress plugin such as PowerPress is not available in this release.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Podcast Episode block</strong> — Upload or link audio and video files directly from the block editor. Uploaded files are saved in <code>wp-content/uploads</code> organized by year and month, exactly the same way the standard WordPress media library works.</li>
<li><strong>Apple Podcasts RSS extensions</strong> — The plugin automatically adds the iTunes XML namespace and channel-level tags (author, owner, artwork, categories, explicit flag) to your RSS2 feed so your podcast appears correctly in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast directories.</li>
<li><strong>Settings page</strong> — Configure podcast title, description, author, contact email, website URL, language, explicit-content flag, primary and secondary iTunes categories, and your show artwork — all from a dedicated <em>Podcast Blocks</em> menu in wp-admin.</li>
<li><strong>Easy Show artwork upload</strong> — Upload a square show image (600×600 to 1400×1400 px, PNG or JPG) via the native WordPress media uploader. A size warning is shown if the selected image is outside the Apple Podcasts recommended dimensions.</li>
<li><strong>Smart Podcast Show Notes</strong> — Show notes are now formatted with only the appropriate HTML tags for Apple podcasts, links are exposed so they can be clicked in most applications, and paragraphs are separated with new lines consistently.</li>
</ul>


Podcast Blocks

Create and manage podcast episodes using Gutenberg blocks with full Apple Podcasts-compatible RSS feed support.

Marcelismus

<p>With WP-Appbox you can add beautiful mobile app badges to your WordPress posts and pages simply by adding a shortcode. WP-Appbox supports the following app stores:</p>
<p>Apps & Software:<br />
* Amazon Apps (only via PA API 5.0)<br />
* Alexa Skills (only via PA API 5.0)<br />
* Apple App Store<br />
* F-Droid<br />
* Google Play Store<br />
* Microsoft Store<br />
* Snapcraft<br />
* WordPress-Plugins</p>
<p>Browser Extensions:<br />
* Chrome Web Store<br />
* Microsoft Edge-Add-ons<br />
* Firefox Add-ons<br />
* Opera Add-ons</p>
<h4>Usage of the shortcode</h4>
<p>All stores are integrated in a short code and can be inserted via button in the WordPress editor. The structure of the short code is always the following:</p>
<p>[appbox <em>storename</em> <em>app-id</em> <em>style</em>]</p>
<p>The order does not matter – as long as “appbox” is on the front. The blind names are: amazonapps, appstore, chromewebstore, fdroid, firefoxaddon, googleplay, operaaddons, steam, windowsstore and wordpress. How to get the ID of the corresponding apps is illustrated in the settings for WP-Appbox. The default format is “simple”, alternatively there is also an ad with “compact”, “screenshots” and “screenshots-only”.</p>
<p>There is another special feature for the App Store: With Universal Apps you can decide whether you want to get screenshots of the iPhone, iPad and the Watch App, or for example only of the iPhone, only of the iPad or only of the Watch App. All you need to do is simply attach a “-iphone”, “-ipad”, “-watch”, “-vision” or “-appletv” to the ID of the app. Example: 392502056-ipad.</p>
<p>By the way, the special feature is also available for the Windows Store: Here, too, only the mobile screenshots or those of the desktop version can be displayed. All you have to do is attach a “-mobile” or “-desktop” to the App-ID. Example: 392502056-mobile.</p>
<h4>Further Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display a QR code with MouseOver</li>
<li>Adaptation to mobile devices with smaller displays</li>
<li>Adaptation to the feed output</li>
<li>Caching of data for performance purposes</li>
<li>Use of user-specific Affiliate IDs</li>
<li>Fully customizable via HTML and CSS</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>PHP min. 7.4</li>
<li>WordPress min. 5.0</li>
<li>Server with allow_url_fopen, cURL (curl_init and curl_exec) and mb_eregi enabled</li>
<li>Outgoing requests must be allowed</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>Support requests and problems should ideally be reported directly on the <a href="https://tchgdns.de/wp-appbox-app-badge-fuer-google-play-mac-app-store-windows-store-windows-phone-store-co/" title="Blog" rel="nofollow ugc">Blog</a> or even better via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcelismus" title="Mastodon" rel="nofollow ugc">Mastodon</a>. I can’t promise a quick solution for every problem, but I try to solve every problem. 😉</p>
<h4>Author</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tchgdns.de" title="tchgdns.de" rel="nofollow ugc">tchgdns.de</a></li>
<li><a href="http://marcelismus.de" title="marcelismus.de" rel="nofollow ugc">marcelismus.de</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcelismus" title="Mastodon" rel="nofollow ugc">Mastodon</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Logo</h4>
<p>The logo of the WP-Appbox comes from <a href="https://twitter.com/craive" title="@craive on Twitter" rel="nofollow ugc">Till</a>, to whom I am deeply indebted. \o/</p>


WP-Appbox

With WP-Appbox you can add beautiful mobile app badges to your WordPress posts and pages simply by adding a shortcode.

Podcast Blocks vs WP-Appbox