DS Custom Audio Player

The DS Custom Audio Player provides a lightweight, flexible and accessible alternative to the default WordPress audio player. It is designed for bloggers, podcasters and musicians who want more control over the look and functionality of their audio embeds without functionality overkill. It's still just a simple player. Comes with Language files for German, French, Spanish and Italian Wordpress Installations Features

• Customizable player width and colors (buttons, icons, background)
• Normal, compact and super compact view modes
• Metadata display (Artist - Title) read directly from audio files (MP3, OGG, FLAC, M4A, AAC)
• Optional volume control with instant mute/unmute
• Optional download button (filename based on metadata or original file name)
• Optional playback speed button (cycles through 1x / 1.5x / 2x)
• Optional heading text displayed above the player (centered, italic, in theme font)
• Responsive design that works on desktop and mobile devices
• Lightweight: no external libraries required
• Accessibility-friendly controls (ARIA labels, keyboard navigation)
• Works with both Gutenberg (Block Editor) and the Classic Editor

This plugin uses the text domain ds-custom-audio-player.

2.7.0

• New: Optional playback speed button (cycles through 1x / 1.5x / 2x) – enable via global settings or shortcode attribute show_speed.
• New: Optional heading text above the player – configurable in global settings, displayed centered, italic and in the theme's body font. Enable via global settings or shortcode attributes show_heading / heading.
• Fix: Player CSS was not loaded in the WordPress Site Editor (Full Site Editing / block themes), causing buttons and icons to appear unstyled.
• Fix: Focus ring color inconsistency on the speed button.
• Fix: Radio buttons and checkboxes in the settings page were vertically misaligned in some language installations.
• Translations updated for German, Spanish, French and Italian.

2.6.1 Bugfix: Gutenberg editor no longer shows "Invalid parameter(s): attributes" when "Show volume control" or "Show download button" is unchecked in global settings. Classic Editor: Inserting an audio file via "Add Media" now correctly inserts [dscap_audio src="..."] instead of the WordPress default [audio ...][/audio] shortcode. 2.6 Added Super Compact View Translation fixes 2.5.2 Bugfix: More reliable display of total Audio File length from start 2.5.1 Minor fixes for WordPress.org submission requirements. Legacy shortcode handling improved. 2.5 Added Gutenberg block compatibility and improved shortcode rendering. ...