benbeecroft

It seems likely that your code is being executed before PowerPress adds its own callback functions for the player. I would suggest calling add_filter(‘powerpress_player’, …) inside of a wp_loaded callback. This will ensure that PowerPress (as well as other plugins) are fully loaded before your filter gets added.

function append_powerpress_player_markup( $content, $media_url, $episode_data) { 
    // what is the value of content? 
    print $content; 
    return $content; 
}

add_action('wp_loaded', function () { 
    add_filter( 'powerpress_player',  append_powerpress_player_markup', 10, 3 );
}

We have experienced this bug in our PowerPress import a couple of years ago, and we fixed it by saving the guid in memory, then updating the guid via DB query after saving the post. Because WordPress messes with the guids, we overwrite the ones they produce with the exact one we pulled from the importing feed.

If you accidentally went straight to WordPress main RSS importer rather than clicking “Import Podcast” in PowerPress, then this step would be skipped.

It sounds like you’ve already solved the problem on your site, but if you could answer these questions so that we can diagnose if there’s an issue, that would be great:

What version of PowerPress are you using?
Is it possible that you used WordPress’s RSS importer rather than PowerPress podcast importer?

I suspect this is due to WordPress converting guids to URLs in the process of creating the post. PowerPress does not change the guid but we do rely on the WordPress functions to leave them as-is and more recent versions of WordPress may be converting them to links. We will look into this and try to find a solution.

Hi @mateo360 @upplifter and @cptpcrd,

Thanks for bearing with us as we iron out bugs from our recent major release. We just release version 8.5.3, which should validate correctly with any and all podcast index tags included. We appreciate your feedback, and please let us know if you continue to have issues.

Ben

Hi Chris,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We will be releasing a hotfix update in the next few days. We’ll be sure to investigate this bug and fix it in this upcoming release.

Thank you for using PowerPress!

Hi @deflime,

Thank you for pointing this out to us. We will include your fix in the next PowerPress update.

Thanks for using PowerPress!

Hello @redrockcity,

We addressed this bug in version 8.3.3 which we just released this morning. Please let us know if you continue to have issues after upgrading.

Thank you for using PowerPress!
Ben

Hi 360zen,

Thanks for using PowerPress!

The return from this call is actually also used to count the total number of podcast episodes. In our next update, we will include a fix where we don’t report this number (thereby eliminating the need for this query) if there are too many posts on the site.

Ben

I believe I have managed to re-create this issue. We will be releasing PowerPress 8.2.11 within the next couple days, and these issues you’ve mentioned should be smoothed out in that version. Please reach out if you continue to have problems after the update.

Thank you for using PowerPress!
Ben

Does the button ever work, and if so could you share circumstances that break it? For example, are you able to verify a media file in a new post but not when editing an old podcast episode? Or, is the button always broken?

Hi @rgrasso2,

Thank you for bringing these problems to our attention. They will be addressed in version 8.2.11, set to release later this week. We’ve figured out the bug when removing an mp3 file from a post, but we are still looking for what’s going on with your Verify button. When you select Verify, are any red error messages appearing below the URL input, or is this button literally doing nothing? Also, what color does the button show up as, and does this ever change?

Thanks for using PowerPress!
Ben

Hi @shurikt,

Thank you for pointing this out, it was our mistake. I’ve corrected Non-profit to Non-Profit in our plugin and double checked all the other catgories. They should all be working smoothly once we release PowerPress 8.2.9, which is coming soon.

Thanks,
Ben

Hi @jbmanos,

As of PowerPress 8.2.7, the dark subscribe shortcode should work again. Please let us know if you’re still having problems. Thanks for using PowerPress!

Ben

Hi @severisth,

We’re actually in the midst of a complete UX overhaul right now. We’re currently perfecting version 8.2 featuring our new episode box and will be doing a beta release of version 8.3, which features a redesign of the settings section, in the coming weeks. If you’d like to be one of the first to experience the new settings section, you can join our list of beta testers by contacting us here:

https://blubrry.com/contact/#feedback

Please be sure to include your name and email.

Thank you,
Ben

Hi Scott,

Thank you for sending your newly generated PowerPress feed, which I can see is missing some GUIDs as you pointed out. Could you send the URL to your old feed, that is, the URL that you imported into PowerPress to create this feed?

Thank you,
Ben