Blubrry PowerPress brings the essential features for media creation to WordPress. PowerPress offers full iTunes support, the Update iTunes Listing feature, web audio/video media players and more. PowerPress is designed as an upgrade to PodPress.

PowerPress 2.0 now provides all the following options:

• HTML5 video player
• HTML5 audio player
• Embed Episode feature
• WebM video support
• Ogg audio/video support improved
• MP4+WebM (for mp4/m4v video, a new alternative WebM URL field has been added. This is ideal for supporting all browser based HTML5 video players)
• Flow Player Classic can now play m4a audio and mp4/m4v video
• New video player settings page added
• Settings pages enhanced with new options such as location, frequency and TV options
• Episode Entry box enhanced with new 'isHD' option when video entered into Media URL box
• Episode Entry box now includes option to configure video player width/height on a per-episode basis
• Upload image option added to supplement the video poster image field. Images are uploaded to the built-in image gallery in WordPress.

  PowerPress is developed and maintained by Blubrry, a media company and community providing tools and resources for media creators to measure, monetize, publish and host media content. Although we'd like you to become a member of Blubrry, no membership is required to use this free, open source media plugin.

  Key Features

  • Full iTunes Support: Adds iTunes compliant podcast feeds to your WordPress blog.
  • Integrated Media Players: Audio/video web players with video embed support from sites such as YouTube and Ustream.tv.
  • Media Modifiers: Easily add, modify and remove shows from blog posts and pages.
  • Migration tools: Quickly migrate from PodPress, Blogger or Movable Type without losing episodes.
  • Multi-Media Support: Create separate shows by category (category casting) or by media format.
  • Supported Media Formats: mp3, m4a, ogg, wma, ra, mp4a, m4v, mp4v, mpg, asf, avi, wmv, flv, swf, mov, divx, 3gp, midi, wav, aa, pdf, torrent, m4b, m4r.
  • *Media Statistics: Get FREE Blubrry Media Statistics from your WordPress dashboard.
  • Languages supported: English, Danish, French (Want to translate PowerPress?)

  *The Blubrry basic statistics service is FREE. Our Premium Statistics Service, which includes U.S. downloads, trending and exporting, starts at $5 month.

  Full iTunes Support

  iTunes can make up between 50 percent and 95 percent of a content creator's audience. PowerPress comes with the following iTunes specific features.

  • iTunes compliant feeds: The appropriate tags are added to your feeds so your iTunes listing looks great.
  • Optimized iTunes Summary: Converts your blog post content to a format suited for viewing in iTunes (learn more)
  • Update iTunes Listing: Notify (ping) iTunes when you publish new episodes.
  • Update iTunes Listing Logging: Check the status of your last iTunes listing update.
  • Upload iTunes Artwork: Upload and change your iTunes artwork directly from within PowerPress settings.

  Integrated Media Players

  Blubrry PowerPress includes extensive web player options to display your audio and video media on your web pages.

  • Pick from five mp3 players including the latest version of the popular 1 Pixel Out Player.
  • Position player above or below your post content.
  • Place the player exactly where you want by adding the [powerpress] shortcode tag directly in your post content.
  • Add video embeds from sites such as YouTube, Viddler, Blip.tv and Ustream.tv.
  • Provides download and play in new window links.
  • Formats supported: mp3, m4v, m4a, ogg, mp4, wma, mov, pdf, swf, avi, mpeg and more.

  Integrates with Blubrry's Services

  Make your life easier by adding our FREE or paid services to streamline your media content productivity.

  • Quickly access your Blubrry media download statistics from your WordPress dashboard.
  • Publish Blubrry hosted media directly from your blog.
  • View Blubrry hosting usage quota from your blog.
  • Configure how Blubrry writes media (ID3) tags within PowerPress settings.

  The Blubrry basic statistics service is FREE. Our Premium Statistics Service, which includes U.S. downloads, trending and exporting, is available for $5 month. Blubrry Media Hosting packages start at $12.

  Advanced Features

  Want more? Check out the advanced features.

  • Media size and duration detection: Enter your media URL and let the PowerPress do the rest.
  • Category Casting: Add media support to your WordPress category feeds.
  • Custom Media Channels: Distribute multiple formats (audio/video) and versions (short/full length).
  • Tag/Keyword Podcast Feeds (Tag Casting): Add iTunes compliant attributes to your tag feeds.
  • FeedBurner Support: Use FeedBurner.com to host your feeds.
  • *User Role Management: Control which users in your blog can create media.
  • **Custom Post Types: Use the new Custom Post Types feature found in WordPress 3.0
  • Diagnostics: Check to see if your server is configured to support all of the available features in PowerPress.
  • WordPress MU: Blubrry PowerPress is compatible with WordPress MU

  *User Role Management requires a separate plugin to manage WordPress Roles and Capabilities.

  **Custom Post Types feature requires a separate plugin to manage custom post types.

  Migrating from PodPress

  We made it easy to migrate from PodPress to PowerPress.

  • Install and enable PowerPress
  • Configure the "PodPress Episodes" setting in PowerPress to "Include in Posts and Feeds"
  • Disable PodPress

  PowerPress will continue where PodPress left off by including your previously created PodPress episodes in your feeds and web pages.

  Migrating from plugin media creation

  We made it easy to migrate from "Podcasting" plugin to PowerPress.

  • Install and enable PowerPress
  • Disable plugin "Podcasting"

  PowerPress will continue where plugin "Podcasting" left off by including your previously created episodes in your feeds and web pages.

  Need Help?

  . . . or have some ideas that could improve the plugin?

  • Visit the Blubrry Community Forum
  • Use the Blubrry Contact Us form
  • Blubrry PowerPress Documentation
  • Check out PodcastFAQ.com - everything you need to know about podcasting

  Author: Angelo Mandato, Blubrry.com

  Tags: audio, blip.tv, blubrry, Buzzsprout, dashboard, embed, enclosure, episodes, feed, feedburner, flash, flv, id3, iphone, iTunes, media, mediacaster, mp3, MTR, MU, music, player, plugin, podcast, podcaster, podcasting, Post, posts, rss, rss2, simple, social, statistics, stats, TSG, ustream, viddler, video, wordpress MU, wordpressmu, WP-boxCast, youtube, zune Download Version 1.0.13

  Requires WordPress Version: 2.8.0 or higher
  Compatible up to: 3.0.4

  Last Updated: 2011-3-5

Download Blubrry PowerPress

Download version 2.0.4

Released on August 23, 2011

Changelog

Complete changelog available at wordpress.org under Blubrry PowerPress Changelog.

Blubrry Services Integration

Blubrry PowerPress now includes features that tie into the statistics and media hosting services provided by Blubrry. Click here to learn more and see how these features simplify your media creation process all from within your WordPress blog.

Plugin Requirements

• WordPress version 2.8 or newer.

• PHP must have allow_url_fopen enabled or the PHP-cURL library installed.

Plugin Installation Instructions

1. Drop the entire directory from the downloaded zip file into the /wp-content/plugins/.

2. Activate the "Blubrry PowerPress" plugin in the Plugin Management page.

3. Configure Blubrry PowerPress by going to the Settings > Blubrry PowerPress page.

Blubrry PowerPress Support

Additional support and documentation is available on the Blubrry Help Center » PowerPress section.