HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player
Maximize your WordPress site's potential with our versatile HTML5 Audio Player plugin. Seamlessly play .mp3, .wav, .ogg, and more audio files.
4.6(166 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, HTML5 Audio Player is a WordPress audio plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 166 reviews. It has been downloaded 448K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress….
4.6/5166 reviews
10K+active installs
448K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player Plugin for WordPress
HTML5 Audio Player | Documentation | Pricing | Support | Demo
HTML5 Audio Player is a powerful, lightweight, and fully responsive audio player plugin for WordPress. It lets you embed MP3 and OGG audio files into posts, pages, widget areas, or template files using shortcodes, no coding required.
Built with modern HTML5 technology, this plugin works across all major browsers and iOS devices, ensuring reliable playback on any screen size. Its shortcode-based setup gives you full control over placement and player settings, making it suitable for podcasts, music tracks, audio previews, or online courses.
Key Features – Free Version
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Embed Anywhere: Add audio to posts, pages, widgets, and theme templates using shortcode…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Bait and switch – nothing editable for free
by MS416·4 months ago
This free player is only slightly different from the default WP player. The only thing it adds is a mute button where you click to control volume. Mute? Does that even make sense?
I was disappointed that this WordPress page describes being able to edit to match my colours and branding but every single function seems locked behind the pro version.
Horrible support, does not properly implement Media Session API
by jamesynot·6 months ago
After seeking help they just dropped off. They do not support Media Session API for lock screen controls, so when the mobile browser goes to the Lock Screen, the player stops.
And of course they will keep my money even though it never worked. THESE ARE NOT SERIOUS PEOPLE.
All player designs are in Paid version
by justeaten·7 months ago
all players are in pro version it only offers the default design in free version and that design is easily achievable by a couple of css lines!!
- This topic was modified 7 months ago by justeaten.
Great Player, Easy Set-up
by wlmorphis·1 year ago
We were looking for a player which gave us the ability to download. The HTML5 Audio Player gave us that plus the ability to change all the settings. Installation was nothing more than downloading the plugin, activating it and clicking on a setting in the plugin to swap out the current player with the HTML5 Audio Player
Best and nicest plugin for me, thanks
by haebo54·1 year ago
Very useful for my project.
Download Trends
Today: 72Yesterday: 71This week: 457Period total: 93K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.1+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.5
62.2%
v2.2
14.0%
v2.1
9.9%
Other
7.3%
v2.3
6.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.5.3 – 15 Dec, 2025
- Fixed: Undefined array key “postId”
Contributors
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