Embedding podcasts, with examples from Libsyn and Anchor.fm

It’s easy to display a podcast player on your WordPress website. You’ll get an interactive player like this:

Here’s how to embed a podcast player into WordPress in 3 easy steps

Copy the embed code for your podcast

See below for where to find the embed code for popular podcast providers

Add a Custom HTML block to the WordPress editor

Paste your podcast embed code

Paste the code you copied from Step 1

Save and publish your content, and you’ll get a podcast player like the example above.

Where to find the embed code for…

Libsyn

The Libsyn podcast player plays audio and video, and includes several different skins to fit your needs. You can find the embed code from your Libsyn account → Show → Content. Locate the episode you want to embed and copy the code.

See also: Official instructions for Libsyn

Omny Studio

Omny Studio allows you to embed two kinds of podcast players – single episodes and playlists. To embed a single episode, click on its clip. To embed a playlist, click on the playlist.

Under Details, click to the Embed tab. Select the embed style. Copy the iframe code.

See also: Official instructions for Omny

Anchor.fm

Anchor.fm only allows you to embed single episodes. Find your episode embed code from the Episodes screen of your show. Click on the episode name and then locate the share buttons.

Click the embed code button to copy the code to your clip board.

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