The podcasts are slowly but steadily winning over the global audience. According to a research conducted in 2017, 67 million Americans listen to podcasts monthly (14% up in just one year) and spend on average about 5 hours per week listening to podcasts. Impressive, right? With our love for multitasking, no wonder podcasts are getting so popular: listening to a podcast can make the time spent cleaning your apartment or commuting much more worthwhile.
The statistics say that most of the podcast listeners are young, educated, affluent active social media users – basically a portrait of a WordPress developer or a digital business owner, which explains the fact that there is such a great variety of WordPress podcasts to choose from.
With podcasting being on the rise, we found it quite surprising that most of the lists of top WordPress podcasts are outdated and include the podcasts that are not going live anymore. That’s why we decided to create our own list of the WP podcasts that rock!
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1. The WordPress Chick
Topics: Content Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, SEO, sales, finding your niche, how to deal with difficult clients, etc.
Duration: 1 hour
Frequency: 3-4 podcasts per month
Kim Doyal, also known as the WP Chick, covers the topics of building and running an online business. She is committed to help WordPress entrepreneurs #FtheHustle, which means showing up in business and life as you are and doing what feels right to you rather than dulling your shine by doing what you ‘should’ do. As you might understand from this description, The WP Chick is a bit more personal than the rest of the podcasts on this list.
Kim Doyal is funny, genuine, enthusiastic and really great to listen to. Her podcast isn’t only about WordPress tools or plugins, but also about being successful as an entrepreneur and building the business you are passionate about. So if you are not that tech-savvy, the podcast won’t bore you with the scary words like PHP and coding, just the WordPress fun! Among her guests are mostly WordPress entrepreneurs like Ross Brand of Livestream Universe, Troy Dean of Agency Mavericks, the guys behind WP Shout and more.
Tune in: Content As Equity & An Update on Life WPCP: 169
2. KitchensinkWP
Topics: WordPress news and events, clients, tips, tool of the week picks, solopreneurship, Listener Q&A, WordPress tools, Web Design.
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Frequency: Once a week (every Monday)
This podcast is hosted by Adam Silver who came to WordPress from photography when he needed a new website for his business. After some time, he noticed that the people are coming to him for WordPress advice and started a WordPress course for adults. His educational style of communication certainly helps to make his podcast articulate and easy to understand.
Kitchensink WP podcast is a great way to stay updated with the WordPress news and events and get some great tips without having to spend too much time on it. The podcast is around 10-15 minutes long which is great for a short but productive break from your work. A real time-saver if you want to stay updated with the WordPress news!
Tune in: Podcast E196 – WordPress 4.9 review
3. Agency Mavericks
Topics: success stories and advice on growing a WordPress business, clients, marketing and business growth.
Duration: 40-50 minutes
Frequency: Once a week (every Wednesday)
Agency Mavericks is a WordPress business podcast, which comes from the same team as the WP Wednesday newsletter that we reviewed before. Each episode is hosted by one of the 5 presenters from Agency Mavericks team: Troy Dean, Kristina Romero, Cath Hughes, Michael Killen, Gin McInneny. The WPE podcast covers several categories – balance and fulfilment in day to day life, getting clients, growth, processes, recurring revenue and tech.
Agency Mavericks is not so much for keeping up with the WordPress news as for getting advice on your WordPress business from successful entrepreneurs and learning the best practices. The list of their guests includes Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Jeff Bullas, Kim Doyal and others. If you prefer visual content, you can also check out each episode in video format.
Tune in: Episode #148: Generate Leads and Sales Using Online Quizzes with Josh Haynam
4. Matt Report
Topics: WordPress world updates, digital entrepreneurship, marketing WordPress tools, Web Design.
Duration: 40-50 minutes
Frequency: Once a week
The Matt Report is a podcast for freelancers, agency owners and WordPress product creators, hosted by Matt Medeiros, an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Slocum Studios. It is by far one of the most respected and listened to podcasts, that often sets an agenda in the WordPress world. The 5th season of the podcast is currently running, with more than 200 episodes recorded.
The main goal of Matt Report podcast is to help digital businesses by teaching entrepreneurs about the WordPress ecosystem and strategies they can use to grow their businesses. The podcast’s guests are web professionals, founders, investors, WordPress product creators, marketing consultants and entrepreneurs. Tom McFarlin, David Hayes and Daan Tol are some of his guests on the podcast.
Tune in: How Tom McFarlin manages a product & services business
5. WP watercooler
Topics: blogging, web-development, plugins and themes, Wordcamps, WordPress community, web-design, digital business development.
Duration: 30 minutes
Frequency: Once a week
The WP Watercooler has recently celebrated 5th birthday and 250 episodes recorded. As many other podcasts, the Watercooler has transformed from an audio podcast to a regular video show. The WPwatercooler podcast is hosted by Jason Tucker and covers a variety of topics connected with doing the WordPress business.
The concept of WP Watercooler, just like a regular watercooler in an office, is to provide a gathering place for those interested in WordPress to discuss their ideas and build a community. The creators of the show say that entertainment is its main function, and education comes second. The recent shows were devoted to the topics of selling digital products, speaking at WordPress meetups and business growth. Jason Tucker of Watercooler also co-hosts the interview show WPblab every Thursday together with Bridget Willard.
Tune in: EP255 – Freedom Isn’t Free The Cost of Running a WordPress Website and Why It’s Worth It
6. The Mastermind
Topics: WordPress business development, marketing, best practices and success stories, issues and problems of WordPress businesses.
Duration: 30-35 minutes
Frequency: Once a week
The mastermind podcast is hosted by Jean Galea, the founder of WP Mayor, and James Laws, the co-founder of Ninja Forms. The Mastermind podcast was created to provide a space for the WordPress entrepreneurs to share their experience.
Each episode includes an interview with a successful digital WordPress entrepreneur and tips on building and growing the WordPress business. It is relatively new (less than one year old), but has already earned the respect of the audience. The list of their guests includes social guru Dustin Stout, Donnacha MacGloinn of WordSkill, Dmitry Dragilev of Just Reach Out and others.
Tune in: Episode 83 – Dumitru Brinzan on $200 WordPress Themes
7. WP Plugins A to Z
Topics: WordPress plugins.
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Frequency: Once a week
The WP Plugins A to Z is a show dedicated to plugin reviews by the two permanent hosts – John Overall and Marcus Couch. It is the longest running WP podcast about plugins and it has more than 300 episodes. The main purpose of this podcast is, like the hosts say, to “separate the junk from the gems” in the world of WordPress plugins. They also run a video version of the show where you see the reviewed plugin in action.
Tune in: Episode 334 Anti-Spam, Hosting with WordPress
8. WordPress Weekly
Topics: WordPress news, WordPress community, Wordcamps, WP Tavern main stories throughout the week.
Duration: 1 hour
Frequency: Once a week (every Wednesday)
The WordPress Weekly is a podcast brought to you by WP Tavern and hosted by Jeff Chandler and John James Jacoby. It goes live on YouTube every Wednesday at 3 PM Eastern. This podcast usually involves the review of the week and and the WordPress news that appeared on WP Tavern during the past week: WordPress events and updates, news from Automattic and more.
The WP Weekly is a good way to stay updated about the news in WordPress world and if you did not manage to join the live broadcast, there is always a way to listen to it later. Among WP Weekly guests are some famous people in the WordPress community, including Matt Mullenweg, Scott Bolinger, Brad Williams and others.
Tune in: WPWeekly Episode 296 – Gutenberg, Telemetry, Calypso, and More With Matt Mullenweg
9. WP-Tonic
Topics: WordPress business, online marketing, business development.
Duration: about 50 minutes
Frequency: twice a week
The WP-Tonic is a regular WordPress podcast for business owners. The podcast is focused on WordPress business development and online marketing. The show is hosted by Jonathan Denwood and Kim Shivler. What is great about this podcast is that it’s really down-to-earth and simply put, so you don’t need to be a WP professional to understand it, any business owner should be able to use the information WP-Tonic provides.
They host a round table discussion every Friday and an interview with some of the leading personalities in WordPress on Wednesdays. Among their latest guests are the founder of Beaver Builder Justin Busa and the founder of National Association of Podcasters Bill Conrad.
10. Your Website Engineer
Topics: creating a quality WordPress website, WP interviews, tips, reviews and news.
Duration: 20 minutes
Frequency: once a week (every Wednesday)
The podcast is hosted by Dustin Hartzler and it answers various questions about running your website on WordPress and provides solutions for problems you might encounter. You can also contact Dustin with a question and he might answer it in the next episode. He also shares weekly updates and news from WordPress every week. In every episode there is a section “Is there a plugin for that?” where Dustin shares his recommendations on WordPress plugins.
Your Website Engineer is a great solution for busy folks, it only lasts about 20 minutes and every episode is also summarized in a short note that you can read below the recording. The podcast is running for quite a long time already and it has more than 350 episodes.
Tune in: Episode 365 – Trying Out New Software and Services
What WordPress podcasts are you listening to? Please, share in the comments. We would love to hear your suggestions!
KI00KI
A great listing of WordPress Podcasts. Thanks for the mention of the WP Plugins Show
John Overall
Thanks so much for the inclusion, I’m super honored! And of course for listening.
What a great list :-)
Hi Kim,
thanks for stopping by and you’re very welcome! :)
Cheers, Sanela
Hi John,
thanks for stopping by, and thanks for featuring Foliovision in one of your podcasts!
Cheers, Sanela