Best audioplayer plugins for WordPress
The most popular audioplayer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple-Audioplayer leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of DS Custom Audio Player (80+) and Common Ninja (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “audioplayer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 audioplayer plugins
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Simple-AudioplayerThe most installed audioplayer plugin, with 90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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DS Custom Audio Player80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
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Common Ninja10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.0.
All 3 plugins tagged “audioplayer”
Simple-Audioplayer
Up in the last 7 days:54#16,810by flomei6 years ago
Creates a simple audioplayer based on a shortcode, which looks somewhat nicer than the default media player of WordPress.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DS Custom Audio Player
Up in the last 7 days:91#17,752by Dennis Knake5 months ago
DS Custom Audio Player adds a modern, responsive and customizable HTML5 audio player. Works in Gutenberg Block Editor and Classic Editor.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Common Ninja
#46,118by 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