The default RSS widget didn't provide an audio player nor the image for the episode, so I built one. I've also since added a shortcode in th …
A simple feed widget or shortcode that displays the iTunes set image for the episode and embeds the default WordPress’ internal audio player to play it.
WordPress has an RSS Widget, but it doesn’t includes custom podcast tags for the episode image and the audio file, this one does!
Shortcode Usage:
[podcastfeed feedurl="" quantity="" imgsize="" imgclass="" itunes="" google="" soundcloud="" icons=""]Here are our latest podcasts.[/podcastfeed]
podcast-feed-player-widget
folder to the /wp-content/plugins/
directoryYes! Shortcode usage:
[podcastfeed feedurl="" quantity="" imgsize="" imgclass="" itunes="" google="" soundcloud="" icons=""]Here are our latest podcasts.[/podcastfeed]
Yes, you can set the thumbnail size to 0 and then it will not display it.
The image size on your podcast feed is not optimal and could slow down your site, so we use a free image resize and caching service.
Yes, just enter the feeds with a comma as the delimiter.
We’ve added a Cloudimage integration so you can add your token and the images are cached and resized on the fly.
No worries, the image area will not be displayed.
Yes, classes are designated for each element.
Fixed a bug where no image was still outputting an image tag.
Added code so the feed doesn’t include anything.
Added code to disable the shortcode in a feed since feeds don’t support the audio player.
Really added Shortcode documentation.
Added Shortcode documentation.
Added Shortcode capabilities to pull Podcast Feeds into a page or post.
Additional change to logic to look for a 0 in the size field.
Minor change to logic to look for a 0 in the size field.
Added an option to display no thumbnail if the size is set to 0.
Updated the plugin to utilize Weserv, a free image resizing and caching proxy.
Fixed an issue with the validation and multiple feeds.
Added a Cloudimage integration to cache and resize images.
Corrected an issue where the image was outside the paragraph tag for the description.
Added “Listen to ” and the title of the podcast to the image alt tag for accessibility.
Added SoundCloud as a subscription option to display.
Added a check to ensure the feeds URLs are valid and secure if your site is secure.
Added options to display your iTunes and Google Play URLs with Font Awesome Icons.
The default audio player for WordPress doesn’t work if there’s a querystring on the audio URL. Added code to strip it off.
Added support for an array of feeds comma delimited.
First version.