Buggy Podcasting Plugin Solutions
The core issue is that the Blubrry solutions, particularly the PowerPress Podcasting plugin, are plagued by significant functionality problems and bugs. Users express frustration over the lack of reliability and inadequate support, leading to a disappointing experience.
4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 4 people, in Creator Economy
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work50% of posts
- How bad
- 75% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 20 Mar 2025 → 20 Mar 2025
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Looking for something else
- 25% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- 25% are looking for an alternative — if there is an opening, it is with them.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint375%
- Looking for an alternative125%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry — Terrible, Buggy Plugin This plugin does not work at all. I tried it once, then deactivated and deleted it. Later on, I decided to give it another shot. Somehow, even though I had cleared the WP cache and dropped any and all parts of the database, it remembered the podcast. So…
Doesn't workPowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry — Does Not Work As Advertised – Support Is Terrible Does Not Work As Advertised – Support Is Terrible This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by dbenic .
Strong complaintDoesn't work…o work the steps in the instructions reference tabs that don’t exist. I was looking for a paid solution to Anchor but if you can’t get this basic step right, that solution will not be Blubrry. I will fi
Looking for a tool…managing your podcast with the PowerPress plugin are very confusing. But equally disappointing is how buggy it is. For example if you click on PowerPress, it’ll try to get you to reconnect to Blubrry (even though that’s already been done), using custom post types don’t work the way you’d think, and prepare yourself to…
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 27.7 → 24.6 · 12 Sept 2026, 18:00 → 19:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Buggy Podcasting Plugin Solutions a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 20 Mar 2025 and the most recent from 20 Mar 2025. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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