Captivate Sync for WordPress Plugin Directory
Captivate Sync is a WordPress app, with a 3.0 average rating from 9 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
Captivate Sync is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by captivateaudio. With a rating of 3.0★ from 9 reviews.
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Captivate Sync is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Podcast category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 9 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by captivateaudio — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.0★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (9) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Captivate Sync works
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Captivate Sync™ is a WordPress plugin maintained and developed by Captivate, part of the Rebel Base Media family. With our background in Podcast Websites, WordPress development and podcast hosting, hundreds of independent podcasters trust Captivate Sync™ and Captivate to power their podcast brands everyday.
Captivate Sync™ is totally free to use and connects seamlessly to your Captivate podcast hosting account.
Captivate Sync™ helps you to publish and manage your Captivate podcasts directly within your WordPress dashboard. It’s designed to save you hours of time and shave off the manual processes that come with running a podcast, so you can focus your energy on creating your show:
Complete integration with Captivate, the world’s only growth-oriented podcast host
Manage and display your podcast episodes inside your WordPress account
Edit, view, share and delete podcast episodes from WordPress and see changes reflected in your Captivate dashboard immediately
Use custom shortcodes and page mapping to decide how and where your episodes display on your website
Easy, enhanced customizations and team settings to make managing a team or multipple podcasts a breeze
Fully compatible with all major WordPress builders and themes
Full Captivate Sync™ features Show and episode-level podcast management
Manage multiple podcasts and podcast episodes without leaving WordPress
Publish, schedule, edit and draft podcast episodes
Automatically insert the fully responsive Captivate podcast player wherever you need it
Use custom page mapping to create bespoke website content that reflects your brand, business or network
Choose whether to hide or display custom links and set bespoke calls to action
Edit or disable your comments section
Easy enhanced customization with shortcodes
Automatically embedding your podcast players has always been easy with Captivate Sync™, but now you have full control over how people listen to your episodes with our Shortcode builder.
Use list view to display a feed-like list of episodes, or use grid view to choose either 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 column layouts to suit your website’s look and feel.
Change your featured image and podcast player position to best suit your brand and theme
Add custom CSS to your shortcodes for consistent branding throughout your podcast website
Customize your team settings
Customize and restrict access to specific podcasts to stop certain users publishing or editing content
Set default authors
Complete integration with Captivate, the world’s only growth-oriented podcast host
Unlimited podcasts and uploads
Distribute your podcast to Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and all other major podcast platforms
Fully responsive, customizable podcast players
Free, built-in podcast websites
Private RSS feeds on any plan
Innovative marketing tools to help you grow and promote your podcast episodes
One-click PDF sponsor kit
…and LOADS more! Check out the full feature list.
How to install Captivate Sync™ Setting up the Captivate Sync™ plugin is a quick process with just two steps. First, you’ll need to install the plugin, then authenticate the integration.
Install Captivate Sync™ from the WordPress repository. Then, head to your Plugins tab, find Captivate Sync™ and click Activate.
Head on over to your Captivate dashboard. Click My Account, and then click Reveal API key.
Back in WordPress, paste the User ID and API key into the relevant boxes within Captivate Sync™.
If you need more guidance, we’ve put together full instructions and video steps.
How to find help For help with Captivate Sync™, take a look at the FAQs and step-by-step guides in our help section. If you can’t find the answers you need, reach out to us on the support forum or get in touch via the chat feature on the Captivate dashboard.
Support https://help.captivate.fm
Twitter http://twitter.com/captivateaudio
Category rankings
As of Jul 9, 2026- Captivate#0of 2Top 1%
- Itunes#0of 4Top 1%
- Podcast#0of 11Top 1%
- Podcaster#0of 1Top 1%
- Podcasting#0of 3Top 1%
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Keyword rankings
Captivate Sync ranks for 2 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 2:
Competitors & alternatives
Captivate Syncdoesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked podcast apps on WordPress:
Where Captivate Sync stands in the Podcast category
Captivate Sync ranks #0 of 11 apps in the Podcast category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Captivate Sync?
Captivate Sync is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.0-star rating from 9 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Podcast category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by captivateaudio.
Who uses Captivate Sync?
Currently around 1,000 active stores have installed Captivate Sync. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Podcast category on WordPress.