Some readers love settling in with a post. Others catch up while walking, commuting, cooking, or working through a long list of tabs.
Posts to Podcast gives your audience another way to keep up with what you publish.
Starting today, WordPress.com bloggers can turn recent posts into AI-generated podcast episodes directly from their dashboard. Choose the posts you want to include, generate a two-host audio conversation, review the draft, and publish it when you’re ready.
Find it in your dashboard
You’ll find Posts to Podcast under Media -> Create AI Podcast in your WordPress.com dashboard. Choose a time range, such as the last week or month, or select specific posts yourself.
The episode below was generated from recent WordPress.com blog posts using the same feature we’re announcing today:
How it works
Posts to Podcast turns the posts you select into a two-host audio conversation. The finished episode is saved to your Media Library, and WordPress.com prepares a draft post with the audio and transcript already included.
From there, you stay in control: review the draft, make any edits you want, and publish it like any other post. Since the audio is saved to your Media Library, you can also reuse it elsewhere, upload it to another platform, or keep it as part of your site’s media archive.
More ways to share your posts
Use Posts to Podcast to create weekly recaps, monthly digests, audio companions to newsletters, or listening-friendly versions of recent posts.
- Summarize your latest posts for subscribers who prefer listening.
- Turn a month of updates into a conversational recap.
- Share an audio companion to a newsletter, publication, or personal blog.
- Make your archive easier to revisit in a new format.
Available to all WordPress.com sites
Posts to Podcast is available to all WordPress.com sites. Whether you publish daily updates, weekly essays, tutorials, newsletters, or personal reflections, you can turn recent posts into a listenable episode directly from your dashboard.
A new format for your writing
Your words do the work. Posts to Podcast gives them a microphone.
Open your dashboard, go to Media -> Create AI Podcast, and turn your recent writing into something your audience can listen to.
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Forgive my ignorance but what’s the process? Is this a plugin? I didn’t see one by the name you referred to.
Hi Joan, no plugin needed.
Posts to Podcast is built into WordPress.com, so there isn’t a separate plugin to install or search for.
Pick your WordPress.com site on https://wordpress.com/sites, open the WP Admin dashboard, and go to Media → Create AI Podcast.
Thank you, Miguel – I’ve checked my dashboard and do not see that option. My site is one that was custom built so maybe it doesn’t show up?
Yeah, that may be it. This feature is currently available only on WordPress.com sites. If your site is custom-built or hosted elsewhere, even if it uses WordPress, you won’t see Media → Create AI there.
I have some of my posts on Spotify and wondering if I can bring them here?
Can music be added to the post?
Love it! 😀
Hi, Patrice. That’s a great question. If your episodes are already on Spotify, you can share them on your WordPress.com site by embedding the Spotify episode or player in a post.
If you want to host the podcast from WordPress.com instead, you can also set up podcasting with Jetpack Podcast and publish episodes from your site.
For the new Posts to Podcast feature specifically, adding background music or intro/outro music to the generated episode isn’t supported right now. The generated audio is a two-host conversation based on the posts you select.
Thanks Miguel! Going to try it out 😎
Excellent 👏👏👏
I’ll experiment with it some more. But I set it to work on today’s post, and it made a total hash of a rather snarky piece that was a word game using cliches. I really couldn’t edit it – it changed the entire “voice” of the piece and turned it into something completely different. I like the idea behind this, though, and as it evolves I may be able to use it.
Thanks for giving it a try, Lou. That’s useful feedback.
We’re looking at ways to add more customization options in the future, including more control over tone and how closely the generated episode should follow the original post.
Appreciate you experimenting with it as it evolves.
I wonder if there would be any way to use the author’s voice or recording as one of the voices?
That’s an interesting idea! We’re noting the suggestion. Feedback like this is helpful as we think through where Posts to Podcast could go next.
Will British accents be available?
Yes, British accents are available. To use them, set your site language to English (UK) in Settings → General:
After that, go back to Media → Create AI Podcast, and the available voices should use the UK English accent.
Many thanks! Yes found it and changed setting to English (UK)
Wonderful! Going to check this new feature out. Thank you.