instaread

<p>Trusted by 200+ brands and creators, Instaread Audio Player converts your WordPress articles, blog posts, and pages into natural-sounding audio and embeds an audio player on your content. The plugin is provided at no cost to publishers; Instaread operates on an ad-supported model, where revenue is generated through optional audio advertising and shared with the publisher.</p>
<p>The plugin is intended for publishers who want to add an audio version of their text content to improve accessibility and offer an alternative way to consume articles.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic text-to-speech conversion for posts, pages, and custom post types</li>
<li>Embedded audio player with waveform visualizer</li>
<li>Color and style customization to match your site’s branding</li>
<li>Voice library with multiple natural-sounding voices; voice cloning available on request</li>
<li>Site-specific pronunciation dictionary for proper nouns and brand names</li>
<li>Analytics dashboard with listener metrics</li>
<li>Audio podcast feed generation for distribution to podcast platforms</li>
<li>Playlist support for serialized content</li>
<li>Subscribe-to-listen flow for paywalled content</li>
<li>Optional ad suppression for logged-in subscribers</li>
<li>Works with standard WordPress themes</li>
<li>Compatible with major page builders (Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Gutenberg)</li>
<li>Mobile-responsive player layout</li>
<li>Asynchronous player loading — does not block page rendering</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the Instaread Audio Player plugin</li>
<li>Connect your site through the onboarding wizard</li>
<li>Choose your voice, customize the player appearance, and add the required ads.txt lines</li>
<li>Submit your site for approval</li>
<li>Once approved, your articles are converted to audio and the player appears on every post</li>
</ol>
<h4>Who Is This For?</h4>
<ul>
<li>News publishers who want to offer an audio version of their articles</li>
<li>Bloggers who want to make content accessible to audio-first audiences</li>
<li>Content-heavy websites looking to add audio without a separate production pipeline</li>
<li>Magazine and media sites that want an audio version of their archive</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pricing and Monetization</h4>
<p>The plugin is provided at no cost to publishers. Instaread’s revenue comes from optional audio advertising played within the audio stream; publishers receive a share of that revenue.</p>
<h3>Configuration Guide</h3>
<h4>Admin Dashboard</h4>
<p>After activation, the <strong>Instaread</strong> menu appears in the WordPress admin sidebar. All settings are managed through a locally-rendered admin interface — no iframes, no external page loads in the admin.</p>
<h4>Step 1 — Register Your Site</h4>
<p>Fill in:<br />
* <strong>Website Name</strong> — your publication name<br />
* <strong>Homepage URL</strong> — your site’s root URL (e.g. https://example.com)<br />
* <strong>Email Address</strong> — for account notifications</p>
<h4>Step 2 — Choose a Voice</h4>
<ul>
<li>Browse the voice library and click the play button to preview any voice</li>
<li>Select one or more voices — the system will alternate between them</li>
<li>Browse the available voices and choose the ones that best fit your publication</li>
</ul>
<h4>Step 3 — Configure the Player</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Player Design</strong>: Choose from Acoustic Player (waveform visualizer), Compact Acoustic, or Compact</li>
<li><strong>Player Color</strong>: Set the primary accent color to match your branding</li>
<li><strong>Player Label</strong>: Defaults to “Listen to this article” — customize as needed</li>
<li><strong>Waveform Colors</strong>, <strong>Timestamps Color</strong>, and <strong>Advertisement Text</strong> are available depending on design</li>
<li>A live preview updates instantly as you change settings — no need to save first</li>
</ul>
<h4>Step 4 — Set Player Position</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Default Position</strong> (recommended): Player is injected above <code>.entry-content</code> automatically</li>
<li><strong>Custom Position</strong>: Enter a CSS selector (e.g. <code>.article-body</code>) and choose above or below</li>
</ul>
<h4>Step 5 — Submit for Approval</h4>
<p>Click <strong>Submit for Approval</strong>. You will be taken to a confirmation screen that shows:<br />
* Your submission status (pending <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> accepted)<br />
* The <strong>ads.txt content</strong> you must add to your domain</p>
<h4>Step 6 — Add ads.txt</h4>
<p>Instaread requires ads.txt entries to serve audio ads. Add the provided lines to your domain’s <code>/ads.txt</code> file. You can:<br />
* Edit the file manually at <code>https://yourdomain.com/ads.txt</code><br />
* Use the free <strong>Ads.txt Manager</strong> WordPress plugin (recommended)</p>
<p>The confirmation screen shows a live verification indicator — green when detected correctly.</p>
<h4>Step 7 — Approval and Go-Live</h4>
<p>Once Instaread verifies your ads.txt and approves your site, audio generation begins automatically. New posts are converted within minutes of publishing. Your full archive is also converted at no additional cost.</p>
<p>Approval typically happens within a few hours of submission. After approval, additional settings pages unlock in the admin sidebar:<br />
* <strong>Voice Selection</strong> — change or add voices<br />
* <strong>Audio Player</strong> — update player design and colors<br />
* <strong>Position</strong> — change player placement<br />
* <strong>Manage Posts</strong> — include/exclude posts by date or category<br />
* <strong>Pronunciation</strong> — add custom pronunciations for brand names or proper nouns<br />
* <strong>Ads</strong> — view and copy your ads.txt configuration<br />
* <strong>Analytics</strong> — view listener metrics (plays, duration, geography)</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>Instaread Audio Player connects to external services operated by Instaread (https://instaread.co).<br />
By installing this plugin, you agree to the Instaread Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.</p>
<p>This plugin connects to Instaread’s external audio service. Instaread’s hosted service performs article-to-audio processing, audio hosting, player delivery, ad serving, analytics, and revenue-share reporting. These functions are not performed locally by the WordPress plugin.</p>
<p>When enabled by the site administrator, the plugin may send article URLs, article text, site domain, and basic playback/ad event data to Instaread for the purpose of generating audio, serving the audio player, measuring usage, and supporting ad monetization.</p>
<p>Use of the Instaread service is subject to Instaread’s Terms of Use (https://instaread.co/terms) and Privacy Policy (https://instaread.co/privacy).</p>
<p>Instaread does not use your content to train AI models. You retain all intellectual property rights.</p>


Instaread Audio Player — Text-to-Speech & Article-to-Audio

Convert articles, blog posts, and pages into natural-sounding audio. Improves accessibility and supports optional audio advertising.

webinista

<p>Webinista WreadIt <a href="https://wreadit.webinista.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://wreadit.webinista.com</a></p>
<p>A WordPress plugin for creating audio versions of your posts using Amazon Polly.</p>
<p>Current version: v1.2.0 <a href="https://github.com/webinista/webinista-wreadit/releases/" rel="nofollow ugc">See all releases</a>.</p>
<p>You can also view, edit, or download the <a href="https://github.com/webinista/webinista-wreadit/" rel="nofollow ugc">source code</a> from GitHub.</p>
<h4>License</h4>
<p>Webinista WreadIt is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. Some of its dependencies use the MIT 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses.</p>
<pre><code>This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
</code></pre>
<h4>Prerequisites</h4>
<p>This plugin assumes that you are familiar with <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Amazon Web Services</a> and that you have an account. You will need:</p>
<ul>
<li>An Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket.</li>
<li>An IAM user with full access to Polly and read/write access to the S3 bucket.</li>
<li>A key ID and Secret Access Key for the IAM user.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>You can also build this plugin from source. This requires having <a href="https://nodejs.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Node</a>, PHP, and <a href="https://getcomposer.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Composer</a> available on your system.</p>
<ol>
<li>Clone the GitHub repo https://github.com/webinista/webinista-wreadit</li>
<li>From <code>webinista-wreadit</code> directory, run the following commands:
<ol>
<li><code>npm install</code> to install the JavaScript dependencies for the front-end.</li>
<li><code>composer install</code> to install PHP dependencies. You may also need to install the <a href="https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/main/docs/installation.md#composer" rel="nofollow ugc">php-scoper plugin</a> using <code>composer bin php-scoper require --dev humbug/php-scoper</code>.</li>
<li>Run the <code>build-wreadit-aws3.sh</code> script. This script downloads the latest version of the AWS SDK for PHP, extracts the relevant interfaces and common files, and scopes it to the project’s name space.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Use <code>npm run build</code> to generate the front-end plugin files.</li>
<li>Upload the <code>webinista-wreadit</code> directory to <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code>.</li>
</ol>
<p>Activate the plugin and add your credentials before using.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to Amazon Polly, and Amazon S3. Clicking the <em>Generate Audio Version</em> button sends the following data to Amazon Polly:</p>
<ul>
<li>The title and text of the blog post.</li>
<li>The slug of the blog post.</li>
<li>The <em>display name</em> of the post’s author. (Manage using the <em>Display name publicly as</em> setting on the <em>Edit User</em> screen.)</li>
<li>Your AWS Key ID.</li>
<li>Your Secret Access Key.</li>
<li>The name of your S3 bucket.</li>
</ul>
<p>Read Amazon’s <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/polly/faqs/#topic-2" rel="nofollow ugc">Polly FAQs</a>,<br />
general <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-privacy-faq/" rel="nofollow ugc">Data Privacy FAQs</a>, and <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">AWS Privacy Notice</a> to understand how Amazon uses your data. Read the <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/" rel="nofollow ugc">AWS Customer Agreement</a> and <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">AWS Service Terms</a> to understand your rights and obligations with regard to Amazon’s services.</p>
<p>Amazon Polly requires your Key ID and Secret Access Key in order to authenticate the request. Amazon Polly saves the generated audio file to your S3 bucket.</p>
<p>Webinista WreadIt uses <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/VirtualHosting.html" rel="nofollow ugc">S3’s virtual hosting</a>. URLs for audio files use the pattern shown below, unless you’ve set a custom domain.</p>
<pre><code>https://<bucket name>.s3.<region code>.amazonaws.com/<your optional prefix/><file name>
</code></pre>
<p>For example, if your bucket name is <code>myblogsaudio</code>, your bucket region is <code>us-east-2</code>, and you’ve set a <code>media/</code> prefix, your audio URLs will begin with  <code>https://myblogsaudio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media/</code>.</p>
<p>File names begin with the slug of each blog post. Amazon Polly also appends a unique identifier to the name.</p>
<p><em>Audio files must be publicly readable</em> to be available to your listeners.</p>


Webinista WreadIt

A text-to-speech plugin for WordPress that uses Amazon Polly.

Instaread Audio Player — Text-to-Speech & Article-to-Audio vs Webinista WreadIt