Best audio player plugins for WordPress
The most popular audio player plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MP3 Audio Player leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Compact WP Audio Player (20K+) and AudioIgniter Music Player (10K+). All 76 plugins tagged “audio player” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 audio player plugins
- 1.MP3 Audio Player
The most installed audio player plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 302 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Compact WP Audio Player20K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 69 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
AudioIgniter Music Player10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 64 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 4.
HTML5 Audio Player10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 169 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Music Player for Elementor10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 123 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.mb.miniAudioPlayer
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 57 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 7.
CP Media Player3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 46 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 8.
Lean Player2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 6 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 9.
Trinity Audio2K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 25 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
Music Player for WooCommerce1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 61 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 76 plugins tagged “audio player”
MP3 Audio Player
#1,158by sonaar19 days ago
The most advanced Audio Player for Music & Podcast. For Elementor, Gutenberg, WooCommerce and more. Add unlimited players to any pages!
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(302)
- Downloads
- 348/day

Compact WP Audio Player
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,164by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ2 months ago
A Compact WP Audio Player Plugin that is compatible with all major browsers and devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.1(69)
- Downloads
- 61/day

AudioIgniter Music Player
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,500by The CSSIgniter Team28 days ago
AudioIgniter lets you create music playlists and embed them in your WordPress posts, pages or custom post types and serve your audio content in style!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(64)
- Downloads
- 131/day

HTML5 Audio Player
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,575by bPlugins9 days ago
Maximize your WordPress site's potential with our versatile HTML5 Audio Player plugin. Seamlessly play .mp3, .wav, .ogg, and more audio files.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(169)
- Downloads
- 343/day

Music Player for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,944by smartwpress21 days ago
Audio Player for Elementor – the go-to plugin for adding MP3s, podcasts & playlists. Fully customizable, WooCommerce-ready, and mobile-friendly.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(123)
- Downloads
- 195/day
mb.miniAudioPlayer
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,633by pupunzi5 years ago
Transform your mp3 audio files into a nice, small light HTML5 player.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(57)
- Downloads
- 19/day

CP Media Player
Up in the last 7 days:22#3,798by codepeople2 days ago
CP Media Player adds audio and video players with playlists, downloads, subtitles, multiple formats, and support for desktop and mobile browsers.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(46)
- Downloads
- 45/day

Lean Player
Up in the last 7 days:4#4,295by LeanPlugins5 days ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin for YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Vimeo, HTML5 video and audio, playlists, and brand-matched colors.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Trinity Audio
Up in the last 7 days:23#4,815by sergiotrinity22 days ago
The audio player will convert your content into audio in just a few clicks, with one-time seamless integration (no support, or special tech knowledge …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(25)
- Downloads
- 85/day

Music Player for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:15#6,093by codepeople1 month ago
Audio player for WooCommerce products with Dokan & WCFM Marketplace support, plus AI-generated skins.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(61)
- Downloads
- 34/day
HTML5 jQuery Audio Player
Up in the last 7 days:9#6,113by Maeve Lander9 years ago
Finally, a trendy looking audio player plugin. Works on all modern browsers including iPhone/iPad.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(98)
- Downloads
- 13/day
StreamCast
Down in the last 7 days:21#6,291by bPlugins14 days ago
Embed a responsive live radio streaming player in WordPress – IceCast, Shoutcast, RadioCo, RadioJar & more via shortcode or Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 56/day

PlayerJS
Down in the last 7 days:43#7,084by PlayerJS5 months ago
The official WordPress plugin for PlayerJS.com — a free online builder for custom HTML5 video and audio players.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Themify Audio Dock
Up in the last 7 days:10#7,160by themifyme1 year ago
An slick and simple sticky music player.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.5(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Karma Music Player by Kadar
Down in the last 7 days:1#8,102by Kadar Claudiu8 years ago
Karma is a responsive music player plugin for WordPress with which you could insert multiple players in your website.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(40)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Liteweight Podcast
Up in the last 7 days:28#9,196by bPlugins3 months ago
Lightweight podcast plugin for WordPress. Publish unlimited MP3, WAV, and OGG episodes with a responsive HTML5 player, shortcodes, and themes.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
zbPlayer
Down in the last 7 days:10#11,025by zubaka6 years ago
zbPlayer is a small and very easy plugin. It does one thing: capture mp3 links and insert a small flash player instead.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Alex Player
Up in the last 7 days:37#11,934by iamzhirik11 days ago
Alex Player is simple audio player designed to play local audio files or radio streams on your website.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(8)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Music Player for Easy Digital Downloads
Up in the last 7 days:31#12,491by codepeople2 months ago
Music Player for Easy Digital Downloads includes the MediaElement.js music player in the pages of the downloads with audio files associated.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Audio Player Widget
Down in the last 7 days:85#13,233by Corey Snow15 years ago
Audio Player Widget is a small plugin that provides support for using the Audio-Player plugin in WordPress sidebars.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GreetPlayer
Down in the last 7 days:206#13,331by ThemeAtelier1 day ago
Video and audio player, floating video bubble and playlists with call-to-action buttons and built-in analytics.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 30/day
Player Barra WebRadio
Down in the last 7 days:50#14,434by matheuscarvalhobr8 years ago
Player barra webradio é um plugin para que você possa inserir a url do player de sua webradio no topo ou rodapé do seu site, sem precisar alterar qual …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Radiojar Audio Player
Up in the last 7 days:80#15,822by Radiojar6 years ago
Audio player plugin for Radiojar platform , just by dragging the widget or added shortcode [rj-player].
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Instaread Audio Player
Up in the last 7 days:517#16,802by instaread5 days ago
Convert articles, blog posts, and pages into natural-sounding audio. Improves accessibility and supports optional audio advertising.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 29/day

Serverless Radio
Up in the last 7 days:180#21,144by Sandeep Verma8 months ago
A serverless MP3 linear streaming plugin that lets you create AutoDJ-like playlists from public MP3 folders — no VPS required.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Audio Playlist Manager with Autoresume
Up in the last 7 days:80#22,790by toughride14 years ago
Audio Playlist Manager with autoresume has cool features for embedding mp3 audio into posts or templates. This plugin has the option to chose 'au …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MP3 VPlayer
Up in the last 7 days:810#25,758by vijeetdeliwala2 months ago
A lightweight, responsive MP3 player for WordPress with single-track and taxonomy playlist support.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dynamic Audio Player Basic
Down in the last 7 days:95#27,734by msalsas10 years ago
Provides an audio player widget with a dynamic playlist and shortcodes. Tracks keep playing during navigation.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tierra's Audio Playlist Manager
Down in the last 7 days:123#28,304by tierrainnovation16 years ago
Tierra's Audio Playlist Manager offers extensive flexibility when embedding mp3 audio into your posts or templates.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Soundmento
Down in the last 7 days:562#29,602by Hemant Jodhani5 months ago
Modern Elementor widget for music and podcast playlists.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Really Simple Featured Audio
Up in the last 7 days:946#30,110by JetixWP Plugins26 days ago
Let customers listen before they buy. Add audio previews to WooCommerce products, posts and pages with a fast, mobile-friendly player.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Neutrope Protected Audio Player
#31,079by Neutrope Inc.1 month ago
Protected audio player that hides direct audio file URLs and serves audio through short-lived, signed playback URLs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SkipSeek Radio
Up in the last 7 days:1,246#33,307by skipseek4 months ago
Modern, mobile-first WordPress radio player for Icecast, AzuraCast, and Shoutcast — with built-in AzuraCast station auto-discovery.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GTG Audio Player
Up in the last 7 days:289#33,794by czerstwyjurek10 years ago
Simple plugin for playing audio files on wordpress websites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AiO Podcast Studio
Up in the last 7 days:21,534#34,416by AiO Podcast Studio24 days ago
Create, manage, and publish podcasts in WordPress. Import via RSS, organize episodes, and distribute to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

DJ Player
#35,072by veradeveloper9 years ago
Fully responsive music player with tracklist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Podcast-Style Text to Speech
#36,103by himoose7 months ago
Text to speech audio player for WordPress with podcast-style audio, visible transcripts, structured data, and read aloud playback.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

KNR Player
Up in the last 7 days:8,371#39,092by Rakib Hossain7 years ago
Create awesome audio player that is compatible with all major browsers and devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
iSimpleDesign Amazon S3 Music Player Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:1,716#43,652by isimpledesign15 years ago
I created this simple plugin to allow wordpress users to stream music from their amazon s3 storage account.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP VibeDeck
Up in the last 7 days:3,414#43,791by ecurtain14 years ago
Play and sell your music online, for free. Embed the VibeDeck audio player & store using a simple shortcode or widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Common Ninja
#44,424by Common Ninja4 years ago
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 …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nucleus Audio Playlist
Down in the last 7 days:269#44,507by nucleusdigital5 months ago
A modern, self-hosted HTML5 audio player for WordPress. Drop MP3s in a folder, add a shortcode, and play.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Muvi Media Connect
Up in the last 7 days:2,008#45,543by Muvi1 year ago
Muvi’s All-in-one Muvi Media Connect is a standard WordPress plugin that adds Muvi's powerful Video and Audio capabilities into WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tierra's Billboard Manager
Down in the last 7 days:8,562#46,160by tierrainnovation16 years ago
The Tierra Billboard Manager plugin for WordPress offers a single, customizable "billboard panel" through which publishers can present image …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lean Video and Audio Player
Down in the last 7 days:7,362#48,212by LeanPlugins1 year ago
Simple shortcode-based video and audio player supporting HTML5, YouTube, Vimeo and MP3 files with clean, modern interface.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inventive stock player
#48,345by inventive3d11 years ago
This free wordpress plugin is created for videomakers and musician which have their video and audioproject on different music libraries and need to ha …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

StreamNexus.io Embed Videos
Up in the last 7 days:23,120#49,066by streamnexus.io10 months ago
Easily embed StreamNexus.io hosted videos using a shortcode. The plugin embeds an HTML5 ABR HLS video player.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Studio Player
Up in the last 7 days:8,463#52,850by peterrahe2 months ago
Professional A/B comparison audio player for studio portfolios. Lossless FLAC streaming, no-code shortcode, 100% compatible with all page builders.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MEYDY Reel Studio
Up in the last 7 days:18,708#53,305by meydy4 months ago
Secure audio reel pages with signed streaming URLs, waveform visualization, visit analytics, and personal share links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pi Podcast Feed
#56,745by Dharmik Patel2 months ago
Display podcast RSS episodes as responsive cards or as a searchable audio playlist player.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day