Dennis Knake

The DS Custom Audio Player provides a lightweight, flexible and accessible alternative to the default WordPress audio player. It is designed for bloggers, podcasters and musicians who want more control over the look and functionality of their audio embeds without functionality overkill. It’s still just a simple player.
Comes with Language files for German, French, Spanish and Italian WordPress Installations
<h3>Features</h3>
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<li>Customizable player width and colors (buttons, icons, background)</li>
<li>Normal, compact and super compact view modes</li>
<li>Metadata display (Artist – Title) read directly from audio files (MP3, OGG, FLAC, M4A, AAC)</li>
<li>Optional volume control with instant mute/unmute</li>
<li>Optional download button (filename based on metadata or original file name)</li>
<li>Responsive design that works on desktop and mobile devices</li>
<li>Lightweight: no external libraries required</li>
<li>Accessibility-friendly controls (ARIA labels, keyboard navigation)</li>
<li>Works with both Gutenberg (Block Editor) and the Classic Editor</li>
</ul>
This plugin uses the text domain <code>ds-custom-audio-player</code>.
<h3>Shortcode Usage</h3>
Basic example:
[dscap_audio src=”https://example.com/audio/song.mp3″]
<h3>Available attributes (override global defaults):</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>src</code> – required, URL to the audio file. </li>
<li><code>width</code> – CSS value, e.g. <code>400px</code> or <code>100%</code>. </li>
<li><code>color</code> – Button background color, e.g. <code>#0073e6</code>. </li>
<li><code>bg</code> – Player background color. </li>
<li><code>icon</code> – SVG icon color, e.g. <code>#ffffff</code>. </li>
<li><code>compact</code> – <code>0</code> = normal view incl. Metadata, <code>1</code> = compact view, <code>2</code> = super compact view </li>
<li><code>show_volume</code> – <code>1</code> = show volume control, <code>0</code> = hide. </li>
<li><code>show_download</code> – <code>1</code> = show download button, <code>0</code> = hide. </li>
<li><code>align</code> – alignment: <code>left</code>, <code>center</code>, or <code>right</code>. </li>
</ul>
Example with overrides:
[dscap_audio src=”https://example.com/audio/podcast.mp3 
” width=”100%” color=”#ff0000″ icon=”#000000″ compact=”1″ show_download=”0″ align=”center”]

DS Custom Audio Player

DS Custom Audio Player adds a modern, responsive and customizable HTML5 audio player. Works in Gutenberg Block Editor and Classic Editor.

Common Ninja

Common Ninja’s Audio Player plugin is a great, versatile tool for those who’d like to add audio to their website. With it, you can enrich your content, promote your projects and improve your users’ experience. The plugin is easy to use, requires no coding knowledge, and comes with full customization options. It is fully responsive and features the ability to upload MP3 files, link URLs from various video and audio hosting platforms, shuffle the playlist and more!
<h4>Key Benefits</h4>
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Promote Yourself 
Use this powerful audio player plugin to add your music, songs, podcasts, or other equally entertaining audio projects and make your projects accessible to a wider audience!
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Enrich Your Content 
Add more variety to your content and cater to the different needs of your audience. Add read-alongs for children to follow stories, create podcasts, or add accompanying music to your text.
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Improve User Experience 
You can improve your users’ experience by making certain audio files available. You can, for example, create audio versions of your well-researched, highly informative, and exceptionally entertaining text, upload it via the plugin and allow visually impaired users to enjoy it. Or, make it available for those who are on the go and can’t sit and read your long text.
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<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Multiple Audio Sources 
The Audio Player plugin features the ability to add audio from various sources — be it MP3s or links to audio and video hosting websites like YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud and more! </li>
<li>Autoplay 
The Audio Player plugin features the autoplay option that you can enable. With autoplay, you can engage your users immediately as they access your website. You can also create the desired atmosphere for your site visitors and make them aware of your audio files & products if needed. </li>
<li>Shuffle 
The Audio Player comes with the shuffle option that will enable your users to listen to your audio in random order.</li>
<li>Playlist View 
The Audio Player features the ability to toggle and customize the playlist view. You can customize the playlist and make it complement your style, or, alternatively, use the minimal version to create an aesthetic experience. </li>
<li>Multiple Layouts 
The Audio Player plugin features several layouts for you to choose from like the mini-player or the enlarged thumbnail — choose what’s best for you! </li>
<li>Positioning 
You can easily change the position of the Audio Player via the position option. Inline? Top right? Bottom left? Really, the choice is yours. </li>
<li>Multiple Skins 
The Audio Player comes with a variety of beautiful skins that you can choose from so you don’t have to spend much time on extensive customization.</li>
<li>Fully Customizable 
The Audio Player plugin features full customization options so you can edit the design to fit your needs. Change the colors, the fonts, the spacing and anything else!</li>
<li>Fully Responsive 
The Audio Player is fully responsive and will look great on any device. In a mobile-first world, this feature will put you ahead of your competitors. </li>
<li>Easy to Use 
The Audio Player plugin is easy to use and requires no coding knowledge. Our intuitive dashboard with the drag-and-drop feature will enable you to customize the plugin any way you want it with just a few simple clicks.</li>
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<h3>3rd party</h3>
This plugin is relying on Common Ninja. Common Ninja is the leading platform for building apps and plugins for e-commerce and website building platforms.
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<li>Learn more about Common Ninja here: <a href="https://www.commoninja.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.commoninja.com</a></li>
<li>Terms & conditions: <a href="https://www.commoninja.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.commoninja.com/terms</a></li>
<li>Privacy policy: <a href="https://www.commoninja.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.commoninja.com/privacy</a></li>
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