Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player
| 开发者 |
bobdylansdead
brainstormcafe |
|---|---|
| 更新时间 | 2026年9月22日 21:18 |
| PHP版本: | 7.4 及以上 |
| WordPress版本: | 7.1 |
| 版权: | GPLv2 or later |
| 版权网址: | 版权信息 |
详情介绍:
Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player turns any public podcast RSS feed into a polished, searchable episode library for your WordPress website.
Add your feed once, choose the layout, theme, and details you want to show, then place the player with a block or shortcode. The plugin plays media from your existing podcast host; it does not require you to republish episodes in WordPress.
Free forever—without catches
Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player is free and will always remain free. There is no premium edition, feature paywall, recurring subscription, license key, required account, or limited trial. New features and updates are available to everyone.
The plugin is open-source software released under GPLv2 or later, the same license family used by WordPress.
Player and listening experience
- One polished, full-width shared audio player with play, pause, 15-second rewind, 30-second forward, seek, elapsed-time, volume, mute, and playback-speed controls.
- Optional browser-local resume positions, disabled by default, with a listener-accessible clear button.
- Clear playback error messages with a direct audio-file recovery link.
- Optional compact sticky player that stays available after playback starts.
- Complete episode titles displayed above the full-width controls.
- Responsive layouts for phones, tablets, and desktops.
- Accent-insensitive search, season filtering, visible result counts, and progressive "Show more" browsing.
- Expandable episode notes.
- Native browser audio controls as a no-JavaScript fallback.
- Light and dark themes with matching search and filter controls.
- Optional transparent outer background for better site-theme integration.
- List, card, and compact episode layouts.
- Individual visibility controls for podcast artwork and description, episode artwork and notes, dates, duration, season and episode numbers, authors, links, and explicit-content labels.
- CSS custom properties and an in-dashboard CSS guide for safe visual customization.
- A dedicated Podcast Player section in the WordPress dashboard.
- A dynamic Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player block with per-block overrides.
- A flexible
[brainstorm_cafe_podcast_player]shortcode with per-embed overrides. - One site-wide feed plus an optional feed override for individual blocks or shortcodes.
- A saved-settings preview, one-hour normalized feed cache, and manual refresh control.
- Optional Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, RSS, and two administrator-defined links.
- Transcript and caption links when supplied by the podcast feed.
- Chapter markers that listeners load on demand and can use to seek within an episode.
- No analytics, advertising, tracking pixels, external fonts, or third-party JavaScript.
- No Brainstorm Cafe account or hosted service is required.
- Feed retrieval is handled by WordPress, while audio and images continue to come from the publisher-selected hosts.
安装:
- Upload the
brainstorm-cafe-podcast-playerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the ZIP through Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin. - Activate Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player.
- Open Podcast Player in the main dashboard menu.
- Enter the public RSS feed URL supplied by your podcast host, choose the player options, and save.
- Insert the Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player block or add
[brainstorm_cafe_podcast_player]to a page.
常见问题:
Will this plugin remain free?
Yes. Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player is and will remain free, without a premium edition, feature paywall, subscription, license key, or required account. Updates and new features are available to everyone.
Why does my newest episode not appear immediately?
Feeds are cached for performance. Choose Refresh feed now under Podcast Player in the dashboard.
Can I add more than one podcast?
The settings screen stores one site-wide feed. A block or shortcode can override the feed URL for an individual embed.
Does the player autoplay?
No. Playback only starts after a visitor selects an episode.
Does search send data anywhere?
No. Search and season filtering happen locally in the visitor's browser against the episodes already on the page.
What happens if an episode has no audio enclosure?
The episode remains visible, but its action is labeled "Audio unavailable."
Why do chapters ask me to load them?
Podcasting 2.0 chapter files are hosted separately from the RSS feed. Loading them only after a listener chooses avoids hidden third-party requests and keeps the initial episode list fast. If browser access is unavailable, the original chapter file can still be opened directly. Chapter requests time out after 15 seconds and accept files up to 1 MiB (streamed byte limit in modern browsers). Up to 250 visible chapter markers are displayed.
更新日志:
1.6.0
- Added 15-second rewind and 30-second forward buttons, with safe beginning/end limits.
- Added optional browser-local resume positions, disabled by default, with settings, block and shortcode controls and a clear-progress button.
- Added playback error messages and direct audio-file recovery links; blocked storage no longer prevents normal playback.
- Fixed pending chapter jumps affecting newly selected episodes, and start chapter playback from the original user gesture.
- Added a 15-second chapter timeout, 1 MiB response limit, retry behavior and stricter chapter timestamp validation.
- Kept playback speed consistent when changing episodes and synchronized the displayed ready, playing, paused and finished states.
- Prevented multiple sticky players overlapping after switching between embeds.
- Added accent-insensitive episode search and accessible counts of visible/matching episodes.
- Improved focus after chapter loading, sticky dismissal and Show more; respect reduced-motion preferences during scrolling.
- Hardened settings and shortcode handling against unexpected array values and malformed saved options.
- Prevented a feed override from inheriting another podcast's platform and custom subscription links.
- Preserved season zero and case-sensitive transcript URLs; exclude known non-audio document enclosures and validate durations.
- Updated the normalized feed cache schema so corrected episode data is rebuilt automatically.
- Fixed multisite uninstall to process sites in batches beyond the first 100, while respecting each site's cleanup choice.
- Added translated clipboard success/failure feedback and fallback copying when the Clipboard API is denied.
- Improved transport controls in narrow columns and small viewports, focus visibility and long-content wrapping.
- Expanded privacy, CSS, shortcode and release documentation. Retained WordPress 7.1 compatibility metadata, WordPress 6.3 minimum and PHP 7.4 minimum.
- Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
- Removed an invalid contributor entry so the readme lists only the verified WordPress.org plugin owner.
- Added the plugin owner's WordPress.org username to the contributors list.
- Re-audited collision-sensitive declarations and confirmed that they use the plugin-specific Brainstorm Cafe or
braicapoprefix.
- Updated the author contact email to matt@brainstormcafe.com.
- Standardized WordPress handles, actions, stored option and transient keys, JavaScript globals, HTML classes, data attributes, and CSS custom properties on the unique
braicapoprefix. - Removed pre-release shortcode aliases that did not meet WordPress.org collision-avoidance requirements.
- Renamed internal PHP files to use the same plugin-specific prefix.
- Renamed plugin-wide PHP constants to use the complete Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player prefix required by WordPress Plugin Checker.
- Updated the Plugin URI to the dedicated Brainstorm Cafe podcast plugin page so it is distinct from the Author URI.
- Updated uninstall function and multisite variable prefixes to match the rebranded plugin slug and satisfy WordPress Plugin Checker naming rules.
- Rebranded the plugin as Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player with the new
brainstorm-cafe-podcast-playerdistribution slug and text domain. - Added
[brainstorm_cafe_podcast_player]as the plugin shortcode. - Added a clear free-forever commitment with no paywalls, subscriptions, license keys, or required accounts.
- Expanded the WordPress.org description, feature overview, privacy notes, and documentation.
- Matched the search and season controls to the selected light or dark player theme.
- Protected browse controls from conflicting WordPress theme form styles.
- Replaced the font-dependent search character with a consistent SVG icon.
- Made the sticky player substantially shorter with a compact responsive layout.
- Kept sticky controls fully opaque when the transparent-background option is enabled.
- Replaced font-dependent play and pause characters with consistent SVG icons.
- Removed inherited underlines from player controls and episode utility links.
- Added Podcasting 2.0 transcript and on-demand chapter support.
- Added global, block, and shortcode visibility controls for transcripts and chapters.
- Updated the dynamic block to Block API version 3.
- Added the required languages directory and corrected uninstall global prefixes for Plugin Check.
- Added the complete GPLv2 license text and an explicit GPLv2-or-later grant.
- Fixed front-end browsing initialization when search and season filters are both hidden.
- Moved the settings screen to its own top-level Podcast Player dashboard menu.
- Added a Brainstorm Cafe credit panel above the settings.
- Added an in-dashboard Shortcode guide beside the CSS guide.
- Added transparent-background settings with block and shortcode overrides.
- Redesigned the shared player so the complete episode title spans the player width.
- Added integrated play, seek, time, volume, mute, and playback-speed controls.
- Retained native browser controls as a progressive-enhancement fallback.
- Improved responsive and sticky-player presentation.
- Initial release.