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<p>If you blog about music and wish to add information about the album you are viewing without having to source details such as album art, track listings or an album summary, why not use shortcode to do the hard work for you.</p>
<p>Simply install the plugin, add a Last.fm API Token by following the instructions on the admin page and add the shortcode [album artist=”anArtist” album=”anAlbum”] to insert an array of information about the given album.</p>
<p>Features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cached using Transient</li>
<li>Styles appearance</li>
<li>Includes an image of the album artwork if it is available</li>
<li>Album artwork is copied to the Media Library to ensure the image is always available when needed</li>
<li>Provides a list of tracks with the track duration</li>
<li>Shows a list of tags, such as Genres and ‘Albums I own’ if the album is marked as owned in the Last.fm account associated with the API key</li>
<li>Provides a publish date, althogh this may be the publish date of a re-mastered edition</li>
<li>Displays a summary of the album as provided by the Last.fm API</li>
</ul>


F13 Last.fm album Shortcode

Add information to you blog about a musical album using shortcode.

<p>fmTuner pulls track information from your Last.fm account, including recent tracks, loved tracks, and top tracks.  Using built-in options and simple tags, you can fully customize how tracks appear on your site.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Choose between recent, loved, and top tracks</li>
<li>Limit how many tracks are shown</li>
<li>Adjust how often tracks get pulled from Last.fm</li>
<li>Customize track appearance using HTML and placeholders</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>A Last.fm account to which you “scrobble” (publish) music details</li>
<li>WordPress 2.7 or newer</li>
<li>PHP 5 or newer</li>
</ul>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
<p><strong>Why are no tracks displayed?</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Make sure fmTuner is installed and activated by visiting your Manage Plugins page in the WordPress administration area.</li>
<li>Ensure your Last.fm username is set in the fmTuner Settings page, as well as any other necessary options (e.g. Recent Tracks instead of Loved Tracks if you have no Loved Tracks).</li>
<li>Confirm that <code><?php if(function_exists('fmtuner')) { fmtuner(); } ?></code> exists somewhere in your current WordPress theme.</li>
<li>Listen to some music, and perhaps mark some tracks as Loved, to make sure you have available music to show.</li>
<li>Finally, try setting a placeholder image address in the fmTuner Settings page, which will be used when tracks have no artwork address.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Why does the number of tracks displayed not match my setting?</strong></p>
<p>Occasionally, you may find that the number of displayed tracks does not match the number you set in the fmTuner Settings page.  This is most often attributed to the <code>[::image::]</code> fmTuner tag.  Because fmTuner cannot know in advance which tracks don’t have images, it will skip ones without artwork.  Alternatively, you can provide a placeholder image address in the fmTuner Settings page which will be used when Last.fm does not provide artwork.  Using this, your number of displayed tracks should stay constant.</p>
<p><strong>Why do I get PHP errors?</strong></p>
<p>fmTuner needs certain PHP functions to talk to Last.fm and handle responses, and while it takes precautions to avoid blatant errors, it’s possible your server doesn’t meet the necessary requirements.</p>
<ol>
<li>Ensure your server is running PHP 5 or later.  If using a hosted environment, your provider may be able to do this for you.</li>
<li>fmTuner needs to communicate with Last.fm.  Set <code>allow_url_fopen</code>=”On” in your php.ini file, or confirm that the cURL extension is installed.  fmTuner will try one method of fetching track listings, and automatically fall back to the other if needed.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Removal</h3>
<p>Sorry to see you go!  Here’s how to remove fmTuner:</p>
<ol>
<li>Deactivate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.</li>
<li>Delete the <code>fmtuner</code> directory from your <code>wp-content/plugins/</code> directory.</li>
</ol>
<p>Be sure to <a href="http://www.command-tab.com" rel="nofollow ugc">get in touch</a> if there’s a particular feature you think would make fmTuner better!</p>


fmTuner

fmTuner displays recent, top, or loved Last.fm tracks in a customizable format.

F13 Last.fm album Shortcode vs fmTuner