The paid ResultsAiX Theme has Podcasts built in. ResultsAiX Podcasts is the same code as a plugin, so it runs under any theme. This article explains what happens when you have both, and what changes on your screens.
If you use the ResultsAiX Theme and the plugin together:
- The plugin wins and the theme's copy of Podcasts steps aside, so there is only ever one podcast engine on your site.
- Nothing has to be moved or imported. The plugin uses the same shows, episodes, settings, listeners and stats the theme already made.
- Every public feed address stays the same, so Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the other apps carry on without you doing anything.
- Every private link your members and listeners already have keeps working.
- Episode and show pages look the same, because the player and its colours come from the same code.
Where your podcast settings live now:
Under the theme alone, the settings sit on the theme's Podcasts tab, and the Podcasts menu has Listeners, Stats and Settings and help.
With the plugin active, everything moves to the plugin's own screen: Podcasts, Dashboard, with the tabs Dashboard, Listeners, Stats, Settings, AI, Integrations, Training, Resources and Diagnostics. The theme's Podcasts tab then says ResultsAiX Podcasts is active and has an Open Podcasts settings button that takes you there.
Switching on the plugin, step by step:
- Update the ResultsAiX Theme to 1.0.135 or later (Appearance, Themes, or Dashboard, Updates).
- Install and activate ResultsAiX Podcasts, then activate its licence. See Installing ResultsAiX Podcasts And Activating Your Licence.
- Open Podcasts, Dashboard. Your shows, episodes and listeners are already there.
- Open Diagnostics. The first row, Running, says ResultsAiX Podcasts (the plugin), with any theme.
If you see "waiting for a theme update":
With a ResultsAiX Theme older than 1.0.135, the theme keeps running its own copy so nothing stops, and the plugin shows a notice: ResultsAiX Podcasts is waiting for a theme update. In that state only the Settings, AI, Training, Resources and Diagnostics tabs open. Update the theme to 1.0.135 or later and the plugin takes over by itself.
The AI under the ResultsAiX Theme:
When the theme already has its AI connected on its AI Connect tab, Podcasts uses those keys first. Keys added on the plugin's AI tab are used when the theme has none for that job. The plugin's AI tab shows a note saying so when the theme's AI is connected. See AI Transcripts, Show Notes, Chapters And Blog Posts.
Using another theme?
Everything works the same under any theme, including block themes such as Twenty Twenty-Five. Episode pages get the player at the top and the transcript underneath by themselves, and the player takes your theme's colours when Player colours is set to Follow my theme. It was tested with the ResultsAiX Theme, Astra, Kadence and Twenty Twenty-Five.
A real example:
yoursite.com has run Your Business Podcast inside the ResultsAiX Theme for a year. You update the theme, install the plugin and activate it. Apple Podcasts keeps reading the same feed, your 40 private listeners keep their links, and from now on you manage the podcast under Podcasts, Dashboard.
Tips:
- Keep both: the theme for your design, the plugin for your podcast. There is nothing to choose between.
- Switching to another theme later? With the plugin active, your podcast comes with you unchanged.