Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player
Accessible HTML5 media player
4.7(3 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player is a WordPress audio plugin with 300 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress….
4.7/53 reviews
300active installs
7.5K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
This plug-in uses Able Player, an open-source fully-accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player, to embed audio or video within your WordPress page.
Instructions for Use
There are currently three ways to add an Able Player instance to a WordPress site:
- Go to Settings > Able Player > Settings and enable the options to use Able Player for all video, audio, and playlists. Able Player will automatically replace MediaElement.jss or the default WordPress video/audio blocks with Able Player.
- Go to Settings > Able Player > Shortcodes to generate an
[ableplayer]shortcode. - Enter or paste any valid HTML5 Able Player code into your web page. Full documentation is available on the Able Player project page on GitHub.
Using the media rewriting in option #1, Able Player will replace any au…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.73 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.3.0
- Add Playground previews on .org
- Update to Able Player v4.8.0.
- New feature to enable/disable cookies.
- Bug fix: Use history.pushState on tabs change.
Contributors
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