In this post I have made a list of some of the best WordPress plugins for adding an audio player and a music player in a blog. By using these plugins you can add a responsive, cross browser compatible, HTML5 audio player, mp3 players, and playlist managers anywhere in the post content, page content or in the sidebar as widgets. If you have a blog which is related to music and songs then an audio player is a helpful plugin for your blog.
These plugins comes with many skins for the audio player. You can pick anyone which suits your blog. You can also customize the audio player for example, text color, width, height, border width, border style, border color, controls colors, background color, font size, font weight, vertical padding, horizontal padding, text alignment, etc. as per your needs from the plugin settings page. You can control the Auto Play settings for the audio player. Music players can be added anywhere in your blog by using shortcodes.
Here is the list of top WordPress plugins to add audio, music player in your blogs:
1) Fullwidth audio player: It’s a great plugin to add audio or music players in a fly in your WordPress blog. The music player can be added anywhere in posts or pages or as widgets. You can change the colors of audio player as per your needs. You can create any number of playlists by using this plugin. You also have the option to add songs from SoundCloud in your audio player. Plugin with Playlist Manager, widget ready live preview generator for posts and pages. You can also sort the songs by drag and drop in the audio player and you can embed any number of players in a page. You can change the appearance of the audio player by editing the PSD files in Photoshop. By this plugin you can add a HTML5 audio player with playlists in your blog. The player has all the regular options like repeat, shuffle songs, add or remove songs from playlist, toggle playlist, etc. You can add the audio player in your blog as widgets in sidebars.
2) Responsive audio player: By using this plugin you can add a responsive audio player in your blog. This player works adapts with all devices with any given screen resolutions, like notebooks, tablets, iPhone, iPad, etc. You can add both a video and an audio HTML5 player by the help of this plugin. Player can be embedded in to posts and pages by the help of short codes and also you can add it as a widget.