This plugin lets you easily use Knight Lab's SoundciteJS tool to embed audio clips on your WordPress site.
As of April 2026, Knight Lab SoundciteJS is a WordPress audio plugin with 200 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 6.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress….
SoundciteJS is a tool from Northwestern University Knight Lab to make it easy to embed audio in your webpage. Historically, SoundciteJS has not been easy to use on WordPress.org sites because it uses custom attributes which are filtered out of posts.
To learn about using SoundciteJS in general, visit the SoundciteJS website. SoundciteJS can play audio hosted on SoundCloud, or audio which you upload using the WordPress Media Library, or any other audio files (MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, or WAV) which can found with a URL.
To use SoundciteJS on your WordPress site, simply install this plugin. Then create clips at soundcite.knightlab.com and paste them into the “text” view of your post editor. You will be able to see your clips and edit their text in the “visual” WordPress…
| WordPress | 4.7.5+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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