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Podlove Publisher manages episodes, formats and feeds with unusual precision — but it does not measure the audio. Here is where a loudness check belongs in a Podlove workflow.
Podlove Publisher is the most detailed podcast publishing system WordPress has: episodes, multiple media formats per episode, chapters, contributors, transcripts, feeds. It is precise about everything except the one thing it never claimed — how the audio actually sounds. Nothing in Podlove reports that an episode sits 6 LU below the last one.
Podlove validates that your media files exist, are reachable and have the expected size and type. That is a delivery check. A file can pass it and still be far too quiet — validation says the file arrived, not that it is publishable.
| Step | Handled by Podlove |
|---|---|
| Episodes, media formats, chapters, contributors | Yes |
| Feeds and subscribe button | Yes |
| Asset validation (file exists, size, type) | Yes |
| Is the episode loud enough? | No |
| Will it clip on playback? | No |
| Is there dead air in it? | No |
Podlove’s multi-format model is a strength and a trap. One episode can carry MP3, M4A and Opus versions, and each is a separate render from your production chain. If one of them came out of a different export preset, listeners on that format hear a different episode from everyone else — and nothing in the publishing flow will say so.
Measuring the file you actually ship, rather than the session you exported it from, is the only way to catch that.
No. Podlove Publisher handles episodes, media formats, chapters, contributors and feeds — publishing infrastructure, in more detail than most plugins offer. Its wordpress.org listing does not mention loudness, LUFS, true peak or normalisation. The files you register as media formats are shipped exactly as they are.
Podlove's asset validation checks that a file exists, is reachable and has the expected size and type. That is a delivery check, not an audio check: a file can validate perfectly and still be 8 LU too quiet.
After the file is rendered and before the episode is published. Podlove's strength is that one episode can carry several media formats; each is a separate file, and each ships at whatever level it was rendered.
No. Podlove owns episodes, formats, chapters and feeds — considerably more than AudioLinter would ever attempt. AudioLinter measures and repairs the audio file. They work side by side in the same WordPress install.
Integrated loudness against your target (−16 LUFS for Apple Podcasts, about −14 for Spotify and YouTube, −23 LUFS for broadcast), true peak at or below −1 dBTP, and no long silent stretches.
