Podlove Web Player WordPress Plugin
HTML5 based audio/video player, focused on podcasts and similar media blogs. It supports chapters, deeplinks, captions, social media buttons and more.
This is part of the “Podlove” initiative for a better podcasting experience. See podlove.org for more information.
There are basically four ways to use the Podlove Web Player:
1) as a Standalone Player
You won’t need any of the PHP or WordPress files in this package. Just stick to "standalone.html" and see how it’s done there. Maybe you want to build your very own CMS plugin. If so – let us know!
2) manual WordPress shortcodes
Use a simple shortcode in your posts and pages, and the Podlove Web Player will appear, playing any media file you want to assign. Basic usage:
[podloveaudio src="http://mysite.com/mymedia.mp3" duration="03:33" title="My track"]
3) WordPress enclosures
The WordPress plugin searches for media enclosures in your existing posts and renders
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Sites running Podlove Web Player, click to open one
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Usage of Podlove Web Player over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 79 to 141 — up 62 (+78.5%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 141 | -3 |
| June 2024 | 144 | +1 |
| May 2024 | 143 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 143 | +3 |
| March 2024 | 140 | +16 |
| February 2024 | 124 | +4 |
| January 2024 | 120 | +4 |
| December 2023 | 116 | +21 |
| November 2023 | 95 | +2 |
| October 2023 | 93 | +4 |
| September 2023 | 89 | +3 |
| August 2023 | 86 | +4 |
| July 2023 | 82 | +3 |
| June 2023 | 79 | — |
Themes used with Podlove Web Player
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Twentyeleven |
| 3 | Twentytwelve |
| 4 | Generatepress |
| 5 | Newspaper |
| 6 | Avada |
| 7 | Dt-the7 |
| 8 | Twentysixteen |
| 9 | Hueman |
| 10 | Arras |
| 11 | Twentythirteen |
| 12 | Impreza |
| 13 | Weta |
| 14 | Themify-ultra |
| 15 | Twentyseventeen |
| 16 | Dorayaki |
| 17 | Foodiepro-2.1.8 |
| 18 | Daidalos |
| 19 | Baskerville-2-wpcom |
| 20 | Twentytwelve-customized |
Sites running Podlove Web Player
All sites in the collection100 examples from the collection. Open any site to see the theme and plugins we found on it.
