SoundCloud Shortcode
SoundCloud Shortcode plugin for WordPress
4.5(23 reviews)
·5.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, SoundCloud Shortcode is a WordPress shortcode plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 415K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 27% this week. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
4.5/523 reviews
5.0K+active installs
415K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
This plugin converts all SoundCloud shortcodes into embeddable SoundCloud players. It works for any SoundCloud track, playlist, user, or group. Once you install this plugin, it will work for any of your WordPress posts & pages. I mean, sure you could use oEmbed or the snappy new Gutenberg editor to simply paste in a SoundCloud URL; but we like to keep things old-school 😎
A simple example:
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood[/soundcloud]
More Options
SoundCloud Shortcodes support these optional parameters:
widthheightparams
The params parameter passes additional options to the SoundCloud embeddable player. You can find a full list on the SoundCloud Developers pages: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/html5-widget
An example of a track that starts playing a…
Ratings & Reviews
4.523 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Garbage
by maxlefou·3 years ago
No updates for 9 years, no support for PHP 8. Delete this.
Excellent
by ciarabuck900·8 years ago
thnks alot
It works
by W2S·10 years ago
with WP 4
does not work anymore!
by brizkalla·10 years ago
was working great but now does not work with wordpress 4.3.1
PLEASE FIX ASAP!
would also be good if we had more formatting/playlist options
Good plugin, but need update
by Nabokov.Alex·10 years ago
Hello.
Please fix in next update this problem with https:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-does-not-work-with-website-ssl?replies=7
Download Trends
Today: 10Yesterday: 8This week: 77Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.1.0+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.0
48.8%
v4.0
45.7%
Other
5.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
4.0.3
- Caught undefined indexes that might show up when
WP_DEBUG = true; or environment’serror_reportingwas set to show warnings and/or notices.
Contributors
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