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  • Setting up the Stripe automation for Private Podcasting

    Use our Stripe automation to add subscribers to a private podcast when a subscription to your podcast has been purchased via Stripe. If they don't renew the subscription or cancel, our automation

  • Castos or WordPress: Where should I publish my podcast?

    Castos Dashboard vs. WordPress: Where Should You Manage Your Podcast? Choose the right workflow for your podcasting setup. Quick Decision Guide Choose... If you... Castos Dashboard Don't have a

  • Delete a podcast

    ⚠️ Note: Before getting started, it's important to know this action cannot be undone. Furthermore, deleting a podcast will not remove a distributed show via the podcast directories such as Spotify or

  • Migrate your podcast from another host to Castos

    Move your existing podcast from another host to Castos without losing subscribers or episode history. Before You Start Gather this information: Your current RSS feed URL (use our lookup tool if

  • Set up the Paid Memberships Pro integration with Seriously Simple Podcasting

    Automate and manage Private Podcast subscribers using our direct integration with Paid Memberships Pro. What you’ll need to get started: up-to-date version of our Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin

  • One-Click Distribution: Let Castos distribute your podcast for you

    Important: Distribution integrations are used for new podcasts only. If you migrated your existing podcast to Castos and it has already been distributed to podcast directories, such as Apple Podcasts

  • Automate Your Private Podcast With ConvertKit

    Automate the management of private podcast subscribers by connecting Castos to your ConvertKit account. What you'll need to get started a private podcast hosted by Castos a paid ConvertKit account

  • Run a Conflict Test in WordPress

    Run a conflict test on a theme, plugin, or framework on your WordPress page to check compatibility with Seriously Simple Podcasting. Most themes are compatible with Seriously Simple Podcasting. The

  • Pair your Private Podcast with MemberSpace

    Monetize your private podcast with membership software like MemberSpace. Our direct integration with MemberSpace provides an automated solution for managing subscribers and monetizing your private

  • Apple Podcasts Subscriptions

    Castos now offers Apple Podcasts Subscriptions support. This means you can publish subscriber shows and episodes directly from your Castos dashboard along with your free, publicly available episodes.

  • Transcription FAQ

    I only want certain podcast's transcribed, is this possible? How much do episode transcriptions cost? How is one credit used? What is the maximum episode length that can be transcribed? How do I

  • Quickstart Guide: Seriously Simple Podcasting and Castos

    Castos provides our creators with the opportunity to manage podcasts and episodes directly from WordPress with our Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin. Before You Start You'll need: A Castos account

  • How Castos Analytics Work

    Listener analytics are a big part of everyone's podcast. Whether your show is a hobby project, for your business/brand, or you have sponsors that rely on this data we know that getting the right data

  • Troubleshooting RSS feed issues in Seriously Simple Podcasting

    The RSS feed is the container for your podcast's information, details, and episodes. Without it, your podcast would lack organization. Your podcast's RSS feed organizes and presents data points to

  • Seriously Simple Podcasting FAQ

    Jump to: Will SSP automatically update when a new episode publishes from my podcast host? Can I connect more than one WordPress Site to a single Castos hosting account? I created a podcast on Castos.

  • Plans and Pricing FAQ

    How Castos works when it comes to the plans and pricing tiers we offer. Whether you're just starting out as a new podcaster or are a seasoned veteran of this fantastic medium it's important to know

  • Castos Ads FAQ

    Answers to common questions about Castos Ads What is Castos Ads? How do I get access to Castos Ads? I use Seriously Simple Podcasting to manage my podcast at Castos, can I use Castos Ads? How do I

  • Import Troubleshooting

    Import Troubleshooting Resolve common issues when importing your podcast to Castos. Before Troubleshooting Validate your RSS feed before importing to catch issues early: CastFeedValidator.com —

  • Episode List Elementor widget

    Display all of the episodes for your podcast using the Episode List widget. First, choose this widget from the left sidebar in the Elementor editor: Next you can configure whether you want to display

  • REST API technical documentation

    Connect your podcasts hosted by Castos with 3rd-party services using our full REST API. Check out full documentation of the API to get a better sense of what its capabilities are which include

  • Add Video Episodes to Your Podcast in WordPress

    Subscription Requirement: Castos Pro plan Jump to: Before starting Update podcast settings in Castos Add a new video episode Add Castos Hosted Video Episodes to Your WordPress site Distribution Note:

  • Quickstart Guide: Set up your podcast in Castos

    Set up your podcast and publish your first episode in minutes. Before You Start You'll need: A Castos account (start your free trial) Your podcast title and description Cover art (3000×3000 pixels,

  • Reset your Castos account password

    Trying to sign in, but get this message instead? These credentials do not match our records If you're confident the email address is correct, try resetting the password. Go to the Castos sign in page

  • My podcast feed only includes 10 episodes

    Show more episodes in your RSS feed on WordPress using Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin. While podcast RSS feeds are managed by Seriously Simple Podcasting, the number of episodes to be included in

  • How does Seriously Simple Podcasting work with Divi?

    If you'd like the page where your podcasts are displayed to have a certain layout, that is determined by your theme. In Divi where you have the ability to create a "web page" with the page builder,

  • Download Elementor Templates

    Seriously Simple Podcasting comes with pre-designed page template options to help kickstart your podcast website design. There are 3 ready to use page templates that come with Seriously Simple

  • Remove podcast from Spotify

    Podcasts submitted via our dashboard integration If you used our dashboard integration to submit your podcast to Spotify and Spotify still uses your Castos RSS feed, you can email us at

  • Sharing Your Castos Episode Page URL

    Jump to: How to use it Why it matters More resources Every Castos podcast comes with a customizable podcast website, where each episode has its own dedicated page. The episode page URL is the unique

  • What to expect during your Castos free trial period

    We’re excited to have you give Castos a try! Jump to No-obligation trial period Features and tool sets Initial setup Podcasts At Castos, our goal is simple: Make podcasting as easy and accessible as

  • Setting or updating your episode's Audience

    With Hybrid Podcasting, you can set an episode to be available to only your public subscribers, only your private subscribers, or both. We call this the episode's Audience. NOTE: Your podcast must be

  • Create a new podcast in Castos

    Create and manage as many podcasts as you’d like within a single Castos account. Not only will each podcast have its own unique RSS feed, but listener analytics can also be tracked separately as

  • RSS Feed Update FAQ

    Below is a list of frequently asked questions about the RSS feed update that we will be performing during the week of January 23, 2023 Why are you doing this? We are reworking how the RSS feeds are

  • What is Hybrid Podcasting?

    Hybrid Podcasting Hybrid Podcasting is Castos' way to help creators monetize or create private communities around their podcast by providing an easy way to publish both public and private content to

  • Set up the WooCommerce Memberships integration with Seriously Simple Podcasting

    With Castos and the WooCommerce Memberships integration, you can immediately provide your members with access to your private podcast hosted with Castos. Prerequisites Seriously Simple Podcasting

  • Set up the LifterLMS Integration with Seriously Simple Podcasting

    LifterLMS is an industry-leading course software for WordPress. And with Seriously Simple Podcasting's direct integration you can automate the process of adding and removing members from your

  • Add WordPress categories to podcast episodes in Seriously Simple Podcasting

    To include your blog categories in your podcast episodes, you need to add the following code snippets to your theme or child theme. Adding Code Snippets using the Code Snippets plugin Code Snippets

  • Redirect your podcast's RSS feed

    Redirect your podcast’s RSS feed to a new RSS feed. A redirect tells the podcast directories and apps that are distributing and serving your podcast to forward requests (redirect) and to start

  • Create a Campaign

    Add dynamic pre-roll and post-roll content to your audio episodes automatically with Castos Campaigns. Go to Campaigns in your Castos dashboard Click + Create Campaign Select the podcast you would

  • Move your podcast to a new WordPress website

    Important: Before Starting Confirm both your current and new WordPress websites have the same version number of WordPress and the SSP plugin installed Create backups of both WordPress websites For

  • Adding Your Podcast to the Menu

    The Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin automatically creates a page that displays all of your published podcasts. After the plugin is installed you can find that page by visiting

  • What is an RSS feed redirect?

    This Knowledge Hub guide summarizes what an RSS feed direct is. An RSS feed redirect is like forwarding your current mailing address (RSS feed) to a new address (new Podcast host and RSS feed) during

  • Submit your video podcast to podcast directories

    Note: Video podcast uploads are supported on Castos Pro hosting plans While video podcasting is supported on Castos, not all podcast platforms support video podcasts. Unfortunately this isn't always

  • Create podcast chapters on Castos

    Create chapters for podcast episodes on Castos manually or through AI Assistant Jump to Manually create episode chapters Import Chapters Generate chapters with AI Assistant What chapters look like

  • Generate episode titles, show notes, and marketing content with AI Content add-on

    NOTES: All new accounts receive 5 free credits to try out our AI Content AI Content credits are separate from Transcript credits A transcript is required to generate AI Content, either provided by

  • How to find a podcast's RSS feed

    If your podcast is not hosted on Castos, these are options to help you locate your podcast's RSS feed URL to import it into Castos or for other purposes. Looking for your Castos/SSP RSS feed? Find

  • Change Your Podcast Publishing Workflow from Seriously Simple Podcasting to Castos

    Requirements: An active podcast using Seriously Simple Podcasting on a WordPress page syncing over to a Castos account This help guide is for podcasters who: are using Seriously Simple Podcasting to

  • Schedule an episode to publish in the future

    Save time and get ahead by creating and scheduling your episodes in advance. Scheduled episodes will not be available in your RSS feed or to your listeners until they reach the scheduled date and

  • Replace an episode with a new media file

    Replace an Episode's Media File Swap out an episode's audio or video file without deleting the episode or losing analytics. When to Replace a File Common reasons to replace an episode file: You

  • Submit your podcast to Spotify

    Get your podcast listed on Spotify using Castos' direct integration. Before You Submit Requirements: At least one published episode Complete podcast details (title, description, cover art) Valid RSS

  • Podcast RSS Feed Requirements

    Podcast RSS Feed Requirements Ensure your podcast meets directory requirements before submitting to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms. Quick Checklist Before submitting your podcast,