Joshua Goodwin

Some WordPress audio plugins inject JavaScript into every page of your website, even pages that don’t have any audio on them. PlayPress doesn’t need any JavaScript.
Other plugins rely on Adobe’s displeasing Flash technology. PlayPress can fall back or default to HTML5 audio – without any JavaScript voodoo wizardry.
Other plugins can play videos and make you tea. PlayPress has a laser focus on just one thing: it lets you put an audio player in blog posts and pages.
You use a standard WordPress shortcode like this:
<pre><code>[audio mp3="http://example.com/bells.mp3" ogg="http://example.com/bells.ogg"]
</code></pre>
Users of most modern browsers will see a native HTML5 audio player. In older browsers, an adequate Flash-based one will be shown.
You don’t even need an Ogg Vorbis file:
<pre><code>[audio mp3="http://example.com/bells.mp3"]
</code></pre>
In this case, PlayPress will first attempt to show the Flash player. If Flash isn’t installed, readers will see the HTML5 audio player – but it won’t work in Firefox or Opera. (Most Firefox and Opera users should have Flash installed.)
In either case, if neither Flash nor HTML5 are supported by the browser, users will see a link to download the audio file. Graceful degradation.
Optionally, specify a title and/or artist for display in the Flash player (this will override the ID3 metadata embedded in your MP3 file, which is otherwise used if present):
<pre><code>[audio mp3="http://example.com/bells.mp3" title="Imagine" artist="John Lennon"]
</code></pre>
<a href="https://joshuagoodw.in/playpress" rel="nofollow ugc">The author’s website</a> has PlayPress running live right there on it.

PlayPress

PlayPress is a JavaScript-free, low-Flash audio player, fortified with HTML5.

walkerofbass

PressPlay Lite offers music lovers the easiest way to play MP3s on their WordPress site. Simply insert a link to an MP3, and PressPlay Lite will automatically prepend a play/pause button. New Play/Pause button uses IonIcons and automatically resizes to match the font size of your mp3 link. It can be easily customized with CSS. PressPlay Lite is powered by an extremely slimmed-down version SoundManager 2 (http://shillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2). The simplicity of PressPlay Lite empowers end-users to manage their own audio and rest assured that their guests can listen from any browser on any device.
<ul>
<li><a href="http://pressplay.lanexa.net/wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pressplay.lanexa.net/readme.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pressplay.lanexa.net/pressplaylite.zip" rel="nofollow ugc">Download</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Main Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>A CSS-designed Play Button, immediately left of any MP3 link. </li>
<li>Flash-free MP3 playback when supported (jQuery) </li>
<li>Flash fallback for MP3 support when needed</li>
</ul>

PressPlay Lite

PressPlay Lite automatically adds a play button along side any MP3 link.

PlayPress vs PressPlay Lite