Now with Gutenberg block!
As of April 2026, Sp*tify Play Button for WordPress is a WordPress Spotify plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 86K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 37% this week. Top alternative: PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry.
Now with Gutenberg block!
Sp*tify Play Button lets you easily add a Spotify Play Button for instant play of album, playlist or song by adding the Sp*tify Play Button for WordPress block or adding a shortcode:
Album example:
[spotifyplaybutton play=”https://open.spotify.com/album/5PvkD4XryLL9oC4NFItYIM?si=pT6des85S6WPQY7O9ipGPw”]
Also works with old Spotify URI:
[spotify:album:7JggdVIipgSShK1uk7N1hP]
Playlist example:
[spotifyplaybutton play=”https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E39g1r00WoOvS?si=e05ab8be00c24b39″]
Also works with old Spotify URI:
[spotify:user:jonk:playlist:65ujzBs6WTdWDIr17dOXUm]
Song example:
[spotifyplaybutton play=”https://open.spotify.com/track/6te1QldCR1BWiNgwZADpu4?si=ee0dfebaa2944756″]
Also works wi…
Adding this plugin to a post lowers the page speed insight by 30 %!!! I would not recommend this plugin. Not sure whether it’s the plugin or the communication to Spotify, but a lazy-load would be great: Just load the layout and then – only on the click – start to set up the communication to Spotify. If this is given, I could give a 5-star rating. But like that, it’s quite dangerous for your website.
This needs an update please.
All I needed for my website was a simple, inexpensive Spotify Play Button. Using the button installed by this plugin at the top of my edit page, everything worked perfectly! The results were better than expected and even provided a playlist for all the tracks in the album.
Plugin rápido e direto, fácil para alterar configurações e permite diferentes layouts na página
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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