The latest version can be downloaded here.

New Features and Options

• Added 4 new MP3 flash players: 1 Pixel Out Audio Player, MP3 Player Maxi, Simple Flash MP3 Player and AudioPlay player
• Added “Verify” media option next to Media URL box to check entered URL and detect file size/duration information
• Added PodPress Stats Archive view
• Added Password Protect option for Custom Podcast Channels, which allows for Premium Content

Improvements

• Relabeled “Custom Podcast Feeds” to “Custom Podcast Channels” to avoid confusion
• Reorganized settings pages into tabbed sections
• Added new “Video Scale” setting — users can choose between “scale,” “tofit,” or enter a custom scale value such as 1.5
• Added new “E-Book PDF” label for download links of PDF files

All of the key features in PodPress included in PowerPress

The new Password Protection for the Custom Podcast Channels feature is a replacement for the PodPress Premium Content feature.  Unlike PodPress’ Premium Content feature, Blubrry PowerPress Password Protection for Custom Podcast Channels has no limit. You can create as many custom podcast channels with password protection as you want (each with its own RSS feed).

The new “Verify” button is an enhanced replacement of the “Detect” buttons found in PodPress. The Verify button goes beyond detecting only the file size and duration, it also confirms that the Media URL entered is formatted correctly and is valid. The new Verify button does all this with only one click.

PowerPress now includes the highly requested 1 Pixel Out Audio Player used by PodPress. PowerPress includes the latest version, which features volume control.

Suggestions and Feedback

We are committed to providing a well developed and mature podcasting plugin for WordPress. Please let us know what you think, leave any feature suggestions in a comment below and/or let us know directly with our contact us form.

New Features and Options

• Embed player within blog posts with [powerpress] shortcode. (learn more about PowerPress shortcode)
• Add embed code from sites such as YouTube, Viddler and blip.tv
• Custom entry box settings for entering customized iTunes keywords, subtitles and summaries and no player option
• iTunes URL setting for custom and category podcast feeds (These iTunes listings can be pinged as well)
• Courtesy functions added for custom themes. See note below

Improvements and Fixes

• iTunes ping logic improved to support scheduled posts
• latest iTunes ping result displayed below the iTunes URL setting
• Fixed bug with `require_once()` calls on some servers displaying a fatal error
• Fixed scheduled posts deleting podcast episode bug in WordPress 2.8+
• Completely revamped the “on page” and new window players
• Removed the “play in page” option as it was a source of confusion
• Relabeled Redirect Feed URL to FeedBurner Feed URL to clear up confusion
• Added m4b and m4r to list of detected audio formats

Courtesy Functions for Themes

We added courtesy functions for theme developers to use in the event they are stripping the player from the page content or excerpt. To use the functions, add the following code to your theme template where you would like to display the PowerPress players and links.

<?php if( function_exists(‘the_powerpress_content’) ) the_powerpress_content(); ?>

Suggestions and Feedback

We are committed to providing a well developed and mature podcasting plugin for WordPress. Please let us know what you think and/or leave any feature suggestions in a comment below, or let us know directly with our contact us form.