Episode information

Here’s a list of the information about each episode that Podcaster can use to generate your podcast feed. You will normally specify this in the front matter of each episode post, but it can be specified in other ways as well.

Required

field	value
`title`	The title of the post on the website; by default, this will also be the title of the podcast episode.
`date`	The date of the post on the website; this will also be the date of the episode. This can also be provided in the filename of the episode post.
`episode.episodeNumber`	The episode number. It needn’t be unique, but the combination of `seasonNumber` and `episodeNumber` must be unique. This can also be provided in the filename of the episode post.
`episode.filename`	The filename of the episode’s audio file. Podcaster can work this out for you if it knows where your episode files are stored.
`episode.size`	The size of the episode’s audio file in bytes. Podcaster can work this out for you if it knows where your episode files are stored.
`episode.duration`	The duration of the episode either in `h:mm:ss` format or as a number of seconds. Podcaster can work this out for you if it knows where your episode files are stored.

Optional

field	value
`episode.title`	The title of the episode if it’s different from the title of the post, above. If omitted, `title` is used instead.
`episode.itunesTitle`	A specific episode title for use in Apple Podcasts only. (Apple Podcasts doesn’t allow episode numbers in titles, so if you want to include episode numbers elsewhere, you need to specify a separate episode title for Apple Podcasts.)
`episode.description`	A short textual description of the episode. If omitted, the `content` of the post, truncated to about 800 characters, will be used instead.
`episode.seasonNumber`	The season number. This can also be provided in the filename of the episode post. (Most podcasts don’t group their episodes into seasons.)
`episode.image`	The path or URL for an image specific to this episode.
`episode.explicit`	If the value here is `true` (or truthy), listeners are warned that this episode contains explicit language. Should be used for a single episode in a podcast that isn’t itself marked as explicit.
`episode.type`	The type of episode. Defaults to `full`, meaning a full episode of the podcast. Other valid types are `trailer` and `bonus`.
`episode.chapters`	Either an array of chapter objects with start times and titles, or a relative path or absolute URL to a JSON file in the correct format. For more information about chapters, see the Chapters documentation.
`episode.transcript`	The relative path or absolute URL for a file containing a transcript of this episode. It should be a file in VTT or SRT format.
`episode.block`	If the value here is `true` (or truthy), the episode will be blocked from appearing in the Apple Podcasts Directory.
`guid`	A unique ID for the post. Normally this will be the post’s URL, in which case there is no need to specify it here. You only need to specify the guid if you’re importing the podcast from some other system that has already assigned a guid to the episode.
`excerpt`	A shorter version of the content of the post, written in Markdown, and converted to HTML by Podcaster. For use in lists of episodes where the show notes are long. For more information about excerpts, check out the optional excerpts feature.

Note that the content of an episode post is used for its show notes, and is included in the podcast feed as the episode’s <content:encoded> element.