iRadeo Audio Player

Your listeners shouldn't have to leave your website to hear you. iRadeo hosts your audio and embeds a player directly on your WordPress page — so every sermon, announcement, radio show, class update, and playlist lives on your site. Most WordPress audio problems start the same way: a few MP3s get uploaded to the media library, then the site becomes the audio server. Every play costs bandwidth. Playlists are hard to maintain. Old files break. The built-in audio block still only feels like an attachment. iRadeo is different: WordPress stays your website, and iRadeo becomes the audio layer. For churches: Publish your full sermon archive, add new messages each week, and keep your congregation on your site instead of third-party platforms that show unrelated ads. Standard and Ultimate plans include AI voice generation for service announcements, event reminders, and ministry updates — type the text, iRadeo reads it aloud. No recording equipment needed. For schools: Broadcast morning announcements, student radio, and weekly audio recaps directly from your school WordPress site. No audio editing. No media server. One shortcode. For radio stations and creators: Host your playlist, live stream link, or episode archive in a branded player that matches your site — because it's embedded inside it. Why iRadeo beats the built-in WordPress audio block: The default WordPress audio block plays one local file. Your server hosts it, pays for every download, and shows nothing when the file is moved or deleted. iRadeo hosts the audio externally, serves the embeddable player, tracks play counts, and keeps your entire playlist organized — without making WordPress serve every listen. Upload once. Embed anywhere. The plugin setup screen also checks how many audio files are already sitting in your WordPress media library, so you can see whether it is time to move those files into a hosted player. Plans start at $10/month. Free trial — no credit card required. Works with: Gutenberg, Classic Editor, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Kadence, and any page builder that supports shortcodes. Quick setup:

1. Create your hosted audio station — free trial, no credit card
2. Copy your station ID from your iRadeo dashboard
3. Open Settings > iRadeo Player and save the station ID
4. Add [iradeo] to any page or post Good fits:
5. Church sermon archives and weekly message pages
6. School announcements and student radio pages
7. Community radio and DJ playlist pages
8. Course libraries and private resource pages
9. Sponsor reads, station IDs, and website announcements

Not a good fit if: you only need one tiny MP3 once a year. The built-in WordPress audio block is fine for that. iRadeo is for people who need audio to become a durable part of the website. Shortcode options:

• id — Your iRadeo station ID (optional if saved in Settings)
• compact — Set to true for a compact 150px player (default: false)
• bar — Set to true for a tiny 96px bar player for sidebars and narrow sections (default: false)
• height — Custom height in pixels (default: 280)
• width — Custom width (default: 100%)

Examples: Standard player: [iradeo] Church sermon player for a specific station: [iradeo id="12345"] Compact player for a post archive: [iradeo compact="true"] Tiny bar player for a sidebar widget: [iradeo bar="true"] Custom size: [iradeo id="12345" height="200" width="80%"] Also includes:

• A Gutenberg block — search for "iRadeo" in the block inserter
• A setup screen under Settings > iRadeo Player
• A default station ID so any editor can use [iradeo] without remembering numbers

Popular setup guides:

• WordPress sermon player setup
• Church sermon audio hosting
• School morning announcement player
• AI voice for church announcements

1. Upload the iradeo-player folder to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the plugin in Plugins > Installed Plugins
3. Go to Settings > iRadeo Player
4. Create an iRadeo station or paste your existing station ID
5. Add [iradeo] to any page or post

Or install directly from the WordPress plugin directory: search for iRadeo Audio Player.

1.4.0

• Added a WordPress audio library scan to the setup screen so site owners can see how many audio files are sitting in their media library
• Reframed setup around moving heavy audio out of WordPress and into a hosted iRadeo player
• Expanded WordPress.org screenshots to show the embedded player, settings screen, and Gutenberg block workflow
• Updated listing copy to focus on hosted audio, sermons, radio shows, school updates, playlists, and keeping listeners on the site

1.3.1

• Fixed a broken "Open iRadeo setup" button in the block editor on WordPress 6.8 and newer
• Settings page now previews your own station once you've saved a station ID, instead of always showing a fixed demo
• Updated the plugin description shown in your WordPress Plugins list to match the current positioning
• Fixed a redirect issue when dismissing the setup notice in privacy-focused browsers (Brave, Firefox with tracking protection) and VPN connections
• Modernized the embedded player markup to meet current web standards — no visible change to the player itself

1.3.0

• Added the tiny bar player for sidebars, footers, and narrow website sections
• Added Full / Compact / Tiny Bar selection in the Gutenberg block
• Updated shortcode support with [iradeo bar="true"]
• Expanded setup documentation for church, school, and radio station use cases

1.2.2

• Added setup guides for sermon, school, AI voice, and website audio use cases to the plugin onboarding screen
• Added UTM-tracked guide links to measure install intent beyond plugin activation

1.2.1

• Updated plugin listing description to clarify hosted audio vs. local file player distinction
• Added screenshot showing the embedded website player use case

1.2.0

• Added Settings > iRadeo Player setup screen
• Added default station ID option so [iradeo] works without repeating an ID on every shortcode
• Added admin-facing empty-state guidance when no station ID is configured
• Added UTM tracking to embedded player URLs generated by the plugin

1.1.0

• Added AI voice announcement guide and setup links to the plugin onboarding screen

1.0.1

• Improved setup notice with clearer CTA directing new users to free trial signup
• Updated FAQ with direct signup links

1.0.0

• Initial release