Blubrry

Blubrry is where the episode files live. You upload audio or video. You add a title and notes. You publish, or pick a time. The listening apps read the feed from there. You can work in their dashboard. Or you can stay in WordPress with PowerPress, their free plugin. Hosting also includes a managed WordPress site if you do not already have one. They have been doing this since 2005. Support answers by email, phone, and video.

This is the usual pick when the show already lives on a WordPress site you own. You write the notes as a post. You attach the file. You hit publish. The episode goes to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and the rest. PowerPress works without Blubrry hosting, but the upload and stats snap together when the files live here. Weekly hosts fit Standard. Networks, universities, and agencies belong on Pro.

The WordPress integration is a practical reason to compare Blubrry with other hosts. Check the selected plan for storage, transfer and reporting limits. Confirm any advertiser reporting requirement directly instead of assuming that all statistics meet it.

What bites later is the shape of the bill, and the screens. Standard and Advanced are one show each. You pay for hours of audio and video you publish that month, not for how big the files are. Go long, or add a second feed, and you upgrade or you move to Pro. The Podcast Host has called the dashboard a beast. On WordPress.org, recent PowerPress reviews split between love for support and anger at confusing settings. A WordPress.org review called the hosting great and the plugin a maze. Get it working, then leave the switches alone.

Pick hours that match how often you ship. A weekly hour-long show wants more than the smallest plan. Stay in WordPress if that is already home. Use their dashboard if it is not. They will move an existing show. Keep the old host live 60 to 90 days after the apps catch up. If you run many shows, do not stack Standard bills. Pro is the network desk. Extra shows there are a separate line.

Blubrry is a WordPress publishing desk with a person who will pick up the phone. It is not the prettiest host. If you want simple and modern, people already leave. If the site is WordPress and you want the files next to the posts, this is still the usual vote.