SecondLineThemes

<p>Sync Podcast RSS feeds with your WordPress website automatically. The Podcast Importer plugin helps to easily import podcasts into WordPress. You can import your podcast into the regular WordPress posts or into a custom post type (if you have an existing one).<br />
The plugin fully supports popular WordPress podcasting plugins such as PowerPress, Seriously Simple Podcasting, Simple Podcast Press, and works even better with podcast themes developed by <a href="https://secondlinethemes.com" rel="nofollow ugc">SecondLineThemes</a></p>
<p>The plugin supports importing episodes into existing custom post types, assign categories, import featured images and more. Additionally, the plugin enables continuous import or “Sync” of podcast RSS feeds, so every time you release a new podcast episode, it could be automatically created within WordPress. You can also set multiple import schedules and import different podcasts from separate sources at the same time. (For example, when importing separate podcasts from separate feeds into one website)</p>
<p>To use the plugin, simply run a new import under “Tools -> Podcast Importer SecondLine” via the main menu that appears in your WordPress dashboard. Set the different options and if you need a continuous import process for future episodes, make sure to hit that checkbox before running the import process.<br />
You can disable a schedueld import at any time by simply deleting the import entry.</p>
<p>The plugin also supports automatic import of native / embed audio players from 15+ podcast hosting providers, including: Buzzsprout, Megaphone, Pinecast, Captivate, Transistor, Spotify for Creators, Simplecast, Podbean, Whooshkaa, Omny, Ausha, Spreaker, <a href="https://beamly.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Beamly</a>, Audioboom, Fireside, Libsyn and more.</p>
<h3>Pro Version</h3>
<p>The Pro version can be found here – <a href="https://secondlinethemes.com/podcast-importer-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">https://secondlinethemes.com/podcast-importer-pro</a><br />
It includes:<br />
* Unlimited scheduled imports for podcasts/shows.<br />
* Import to any Custom Post Type or Custom Taxonomy.<br />
* Set specific import intervals / times.<br />
* Import transcripts from RSS feed.<br />
* Import audio player to custom fields.<br />
* Import tags and categories from the feeds.<br />
* Force a re-sync on all existing episodes (to update metadata)<br />
* Set a global featured image to all imported episodes.<br />
* Manual “Sync” button to sync on demand.</p>
<h3>About SecondLineThemes</h3>
<p>SecondLineThemes is developing unique WordPress themes and plugins for Podcasters. Our tools are very popular among podcasters. To hear more about us please check our website:<br />
<a href="https://secondlinethemes.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://secondlinethemes.com</a></p>


Podcast Importer SecondLine

An excellent plugin for importing podcasts into your WordPress website.

The only downside is that there is no option to limit the number or age of the post on the initial download. Can be a bit out of date when you're downloading podcasts from 2011 and earlier.

November 2021
Downgraded rating from 5 stars to 3 stars due to latest update placing in nudge spam on every admin page to use their theme.

Excellent plugin for importing podcasts

A simple podcast import tool for WordPress.

caseysoftware

<p>The Podcast Searcher plugin uses <a href="http://Clarify.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Clarify’s</a> technology to make audio and video searchable.  It uses automatic speech recognition to extract spoken English, Spanish, and French and lets you retrieve detailed information about your media with simple API calls. Getting started takes minutes.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Minimal setup: Adds search to your podcast without any additional plugins or custom theming required.</li>
<li>Simple to Use: You just add the link to your podcast as you’ve always done. We handle the rest.</li>
<li>No transcripts: Lets you skip the expensive and time-consuming step of getting transcripts.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<p>Now whenever you add a URL to your audio or video file – either by directly copy/pasting the url into the post or using a media embed – it will automatically be sent to Clarify for indexing.</p>
<p>Once the file is done processing, using your on-site search will return results describing where your word is heard in the audio down to the second. If you’re using the default embed/shortcode, these mentions will be clickable and jump you directly to that spot in the audio or video.</p>
<h4>Further Usage</h4>
<p>If you have archives with media – audio or video – already embedded, this plugin will not automatically index it for you. We didn’t want to surprise you with a massive bill. Instead, just open any of your old posts and re-save them. No editing or changes required. The media will get processed just like any other media.</p>
<h4>Housekeeping</h4>
<p>While this is hosted in WordPress’ SVN repository, no development is performed there. For the latest and greatest development version, check out the Github repository: https://github.com/Clarify/wp-clarify</p>


Podcast Searcher by Clarify

The Clarify plugin allows you to make any audio or video embedded in your posts, pages, etc searchable via the standard WordPress search box.

Podcast Importer SecondLine vs Podcast Searcher by Clarify