Guide

Getting started with Podbite

Podbite lets you clip moments from podcast episodes and share them as standalone pages — every play still goes back to the show's hosting platform, not trapped inside a social feed.

This guide covers the four things worth doing first.

1. Add your first bite

Open Add bite — or use the + button once you're signed in.

You can find an episode by pasting a URL (Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or any podcast RSS feed), or by searching with text and selecting from the results.

Once the episode loads:

Play to find the moment you want to share
Set a start time and end time — drag the handles on the player, or type the timecode directly
Add a caption (this becomes the bite's title in shares and embeds)
Optionally add a comment — a private note visible only to you, not shown on the public bite page
Save

The bite is now live at podbite.link/bites/<id>. The page shows the clipped moment with a player, attribution back to the episode, and links to the show.

2. Share the bite

The owner bar at the top of both the edit page and the public bite page has Copy link and Copy embed actions.

Copy link copies the public bite URL. Share it anywhere — Twitter/X and Mastodon will show a player card directly in the feed; LinkedIn and email will show a rich preview with the episode artwork and your caption. The link opens the bite page and the player works without an account.

Copy embed copies an iframe snippet. Paste it into any site or tool that supports HTML embeds — a personal website, show notes, a Ghost or WordPress post. Platforms that manage their own embeds (Substack, social networks) won't accept it.

3. Your public profile

Set a username in Account settings to activate your public profile at podbite.link/@username. It shows your recent bites and custom playlists — useful for show notes, a bio page, or a newsletter footer.

Your profile is only visible while your subscription is active. Your bites stay live and embeddable regardless — only the profile index page goes offline if your subscription lapses.

4. Episode pages and custom playlists

Each episode you add a bite to has its own page at podbite.link/@username/podcasts/{podcast}/episodes/{episode}, reachable from the bite itself. There is also a community episode page at podbite.link/podcasts/{podcast}/episodes/{episode} showing bites from all users for that episode.

Custom playlists let you group bites across episodes and shows. Create one from the playlist dropdown in the bite form when adding or editing a bite. Each playlist has its own public URL at podbite.link/@username/playlists/{id} and can be shared and embedded the same way as individual bites.

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