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Anchor Episodes Index (Spotify for Podcasters)

A lightweight plugin that allows you to output an anchor.fm podcast player on your site that includes an episode index. Just add two URL's on the …

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.1.16
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update2 Oct 20261mo ago
Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.8 / 5 from 5 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Anchor Episodes Index (Spotify for Podcasters) version 2.1.16 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

fm podcast player. fm player is for a single episode.

fm site.

Simply input your site and RSS URL’s on the settings page and add the shortcode to any page or post.

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Announcements

  • Anchor Episodes Index Pro is available now! Learn more here

Usage

Firstly, install and activate Anchor Episodes Index (this plugin).

Once activated, go to the settings and fill out the Anchor Site URL and Anchor RSS URL fields (be sure to add the URL’s without a “/” at the end, otherwise it will not work).

Then copy the shortcode you’ll see on the settings page and paste it in any page or post.

If you want to add multiple different podcasts on the site, you can define the RSS and Site URL’s as shortcode attributes instead of on the settings page. Note, you cannot currently output more than one player on one page.

Shortcode examples

Uses values set in the settings page:

[anchor_episodes]

Overrides values set on the settings page:

fm/s/123456-your-key/podcast/rss” max_episodes=”10″]

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • anchor fm
  • anchor.fm
  • embed
  • podcast
  • spotify
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity2 Oct 20261mo ago

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Recent tracked changes

WordPress compatibility6.9.97.1.2
Version2.1.152.1.16
WordPress compatibility6.9.76.9.9
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