Seriously Simple Speakers
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About
Add speakers to your Seriously Simple Podcasting episodes.
What It Does
Seriously Simple Speakers is a companion plugin for Seriously Simple Podcasting that lets you attach named speakers to your podcast episodes. It adds a dedicated speaker post type so you can group and display episodes by host or guest across your site.
Who It's For
This plugin is built for podcasters already running Seriously Simple Podcasting who regularly feature guests, co-hosts, or rotating speakers and want a structured way to showcase them. It fits small networks, interview shows, and conference-style podcasts that need episode-by-episode credit.
Who Should Skip It
If you are not using Seriously Simple Podcasting, or your show has a single host with no guests, the added taxonomy and post type will be noise rather than value. Larger publishers who already manage talent profiles through a custom solution will not gain much here.
The Bottom Line
Seriously Simple Speakers does one narrow job and does it competently, but with only 1,000 installs, a tiny rating sample, and zero public support history, it is hard to recommend outside of its existing niche. Use it only if you are already committed to Seriously Simple Podcasting and need to organize hosts and guests without writing custom code.
Related Plugins
Pick this if you have not yet committed to a podcast platform, since it has 30,000 installs and a stronger 81.65 overall score.
Choose PowerPress if you need stats, multiple feeds, and a much larger install base of 20,000 with broad hosting integrations.
Go with Podcast Player if your priority is a polished front-end player rather than back-end speaker management.
Consider AudioIgniter if you want a flexible HTML5 player for tracks or episodes and do not need speaker taxonomy features.
Pick HTML5 Audio Player when you mainly want a no-code player for podcast or audio content and speaker profiles are irrelevant.