Wpcast - Audio Podcast WordPress Theme

Core capabilities and platform support

• Fast, professional WordPress theme to create a podcast website with a non-stop music player
• Integrations with Apple Podcast (ex iTunes Podcast) and Google Podcast, plus compatibility with Libsyn, Anchor.fm and Blubrry
• Flexible customization options for fonts, colors, logo and design
• Simple publishing workflow: publish a new podcast in seconds, with retro-compatibility for Gutenberg audio blocks and classic shortcodes

Publishing workflow and RSS feeds

• You can arrange podcasts by series, by author or by topic, and each archive will generate a valid podcast RSS feed useful for every feed subscription and reader, and for external aggregators such as Apple Podcast or Google Podcast

Plugin compatibility and import

• Compatible with Seriously Simple Podcast and PowerPress, enabling detailed publishing control and easy import of episodes from Libsyn, Anchor.fm or Blubrry
• MP3 hosting can be on external platforms or in the WordPress media library

Extras and capabilities beyond WordPress

• Extra functionalities that transform your site into a full-fledged podcasting platform

Publishing experience and compatibility

• Easiest publishing experience ever: set a title, drop the mp3 in the page, and publish; typically around 5 seconds to create a new podcast
• Compatible with Gutenberg audio blocks, classic audio shortcodes, and other standard audio embedding systems, ensuring retro-compatibility with older content

Player and navigation features

• Non Stop Music: Ajax navigation plugin included to provide smooth page transitions without interrupting audio reproduction
• Featured Player: QantumThemes Music Player with playlist, time seek, volume control and an app-like mobile experience
• This player is designed to work on modern desktop and mobile devices
• Playlist management: preload archive podcasts by ID or number, or manually add tracks to the player

Social engagement and author details

• Social interactions, rating and like features via bundled ReAktions plugin: social share, likes, views count and ratings
• Advanced author details: each author can have social icons, biography and a custom picture with direct image uploader

Editing, blocks and shortcodes

• Frontend + Backend visual editing: optional Page Builder by WPBakery for a fast page-building experience
• Seventeen extra Page Builder shortcodes for podcast grids, sliders, lists, sharing links, social icons and more
• Gutenberg compatibility: shortcodes available as blocks, full support for Gutenberg galleries, quotes, audio blocks with full-width and wide alignment

Blog layouts and sidebar

• 4 blog archives: choose among four post design options (cards, horizontal cards, wide cards and classic large posts lists)
• Sidebar options: enable/disable for posts with per-post design override capability

Conversions and calls to action

• Call To Action: customizable CTA button in the header with text, icon, link and classes; subscription buttons can be added automatically

Navigation, off-canvas, widgets

• Off-Canvas menu and sidebar: extra content areas for menus and widgets
• Custom widgets: Wpcast Widgets plugin adds Cards and List archives, with post extraction by date, views and likes

Performance, usability and content experience

• Responsive and fast: performance-focused design to improve SEO and user experience
• Podcast cards with embedded player: archive pages include an interactive player for each post
• Series cards with playable episodes: QT Series taxonomy provides a frontend experience with episode lists and subscription options

Subscription and setup

• Automated subscription links: built-in links to subscribe to podcast archives for quick audience gain
• One Click Demo Installer: replicates the demo site with a single click
• Parallax headers: one-click activation for parallax effects on headers
• Mailchimp compatibility: works with MailChimo and the official Mailchimp WordPress plugin
• Contact Form 7 compatibility: fully compatible
• Give Donation Plugin: supports donation forms for monetization
• PowerPress + Seriously Simple Podcasting: theme supports SSP and PowerPress for importing episodes and crafting custom feeds
• Valid Apple Podcast and Google Podcast feed: ready XML RSS feed out of the box; optional SSP/PowerPress customization for third-party reposting
• Tons of customizations: logo, fonts, colors, player, footer, and more with real-time preview

Support, documentation and translation

• Direct support from the theme developers (no third-party services), Monday to Friday, 9-18 CET
• Well documented: exhaustive PDFs or web-format guides
• Fully translatable: up-to-date .pot file for translations
• Child Theme Provided: easy overrides with updates preserved
• Pre-purchase questions: contact the developers at https://qantumthemes.com/presale/

Changelog

2.3.0 [2025 August 01]

• Plugins update - ReAktions update for PHP 8
• Fixed like, views and radings in php 8

2.2.1 [2025 March 06]

• Plugins update

2.2.0 [2024 October 13]

• WPBakery plugin update
• Improved plugins update software

2.1.0 [2024 January 24]

• Theme Core update
• Google Font V2 support
• ReAktions plugin update
• Twitter X icon

2.0.0 [2024 January 24]

• Activation system update
• Updated Kirki Customizer
• Updated player
• Udpated QtPlaces
• Added Compatibility with PHP 8.2

1.6.0 [2023 August 22]

• Theme Core update (kirki)
• Player update (kirki)
• Customizer fields updates for kirki
• WPBakery update

1.5.0 [2022 December 28]

• Udpated player for PHP 8.0

1.4.7 [2022 April 18]

• Added data narrow by Standard post format in WPBakery
• Breadcrumb fix
• Updated plugin Page Builder

1.4.6 [2022 January 03]

• UPDATED PLUGIN Page Builder

1.4.5 [2021 June 28]

• Updated theme core plugin
• Scroll playlist fix

1.4.4 [2021 April 16]

• ADDED - CUSTOM IMAGE FEATURED FOR EPISODES HEADERS https://www.qantumthemes.com/helpdesk/forums/topic/episode-art-per-episode/#post-74784
• UPDATED author-date.php added link to author archive
• Updated author page link tips

1.4.3 [2020 December 09]

• removed easy swipebox deom required plugins
• Force disable plugin Easy swipebox
• Added qt Swipebox plugin in replacement
• js/qt-main.js added swipebox reinit after ajax

1.4.0 [2020 September 19]

• ADMIN: Now plugin updates are not dismissable anymore
• TGM updates and related improvements

1.3.9.1 [2020 August 12]

• Theme core plugin update for wp 5.5

1.3.9 [2020 June 09]

• Updated Player to fix iOS issue
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder

1.3.8 [2020 April 16]

• FIX Javascript bug on search button from Chrome 82

1.3.7 [2020 April 13]

• QT Music Player plugin update
• QT Places plugin update
• TTG Core plugin update

1.3.6 [2020 March 16]

• Icons vertical align middle to fix alignment on Firefox

1.3.5 [2020 March 01]

• Updated QTM Player Plugin
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder

1.3.4 [2019 December 04]

• Updated QTM Player Plugin
• Updated compatibility for wp 5.3

1.3.3 [2019 October 21]

• Updated QTM Player Plugin
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder

1.3.2 [2019 October 11]

• Fixed typo in meta-archive.php
• Added autofocus on search
• Improved colors in search field
• Added custom feed link in customizer > podcasts
• Added option to hide the Subscribe button in customizer

1.3.1 [2019 August 01]

• Fixed series grid small exclude parameters

1.3.0 [2019 July 09]

• Fixed XS spacing size
• Added custom quantity in Series Small shortcode
• Added QT Places plugin
• Added Demo Travel
• Updated TGM Connector to 3.0.2
• Updated Ajax Page Load

1.2.0 [2019 June 18]

• Updated TGM plugin activation conditions
• Updated Page Builder plugin
• Added podcast tracklists
• PLAYER: updated minor scripts
• Added compatibility with QT Places plugin

1.1.3 [2019 May 23]

• update player to 1.0.5
• update Page Builder to 6.0.2
• Added linkedin social
• WP5.2 compatible

1.1.4 [2019 June 02]

• Updated QTmusicPlayer - fixed double track preload

1.1.3 [2019 May 23]

• update player to 1.0.5
• update Page Builder to 6.0.2
• Added linkedin social

1.1.1 [2019 March 05]

• sidebar fix in template-parts
• CSS selector fix
• PHP function replaced in comments-pingback

1.0.9 [2019 February 23]

• PHP errors fix
• Pages pagination
• Comments enabled by default in page
• Escaping improvement